Effect of contrast enhancement on the measurement of carotid arterial lumen and wall volume using MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-485

  Phan, Binh An P ^a   Chu, Baocheng ^b   Kerwin, William S ^b   Xu, Dongxiang ^b   Yuan, Chun ^b   Hatsukami, Thomas ^b   Zhao, Xue Qiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Contrast media; Magnetic resonance; Vessel wall imaging

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY LUMEN; CAROTID ARTERY WALL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33645670926     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20540     Document Type: Article

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