In vivo middle cerebral artery plaque imaging by high-resolution MRI

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-329

  Klein, I F ^a   Lavallee P C ^a   Touboul, P J ^a   Schouman Claeys, E ^a   Amarenco, P ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747045275     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000225074.47396.71     Document Type: Article

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