Characterization of coronary atherosclerotic plaque using multicontrast MRI acquired under simulated in vivo conditions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 833-841

  Sun, Binjian ^a,b   Giddens, Don P ^a   Long Jr , Robert ^b   Taylor, W Robert ^a,b,c   Weiss, Diana ^b   Joseph, Giji ^b   Vega, David ^b   Oshinski, John N ^a,b,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Fuzzy C means; Multicontrast MRI; Plaque characterization

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO CULTURE; MULTICONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIALLY PENALIZED FUZZY C MEAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33749639500     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20687     Document Type: Article

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