Gadofluorine-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of carotid atherosclerosis in Yucatan miniswine

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-304

  Koktzoglou, Ioannis ^a,b   Harris, Kathleen R ^a   Tang, Richard ^a   Kane, Bonnie J ^a   Misselwitz, Bernd ^c   Weinmann, Hanns Joachim ^c   Lu, Biao ^a   Nagaraj, Ashwin ^a   Roth, Sanford I ^d,e,f   Carroll, Timothy J ^a,b   McPherson, David D ^a   Li, Debiao ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Contrast agents; Gadofluorine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vessel wall imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; GADOFLUORINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 33745880395     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000188362.12555.62     Document Type: Article

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