Multicontrast-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerotic plaques at 3.0 and 1.5 Tesla: Ex-vivo comparison with histopathologic correlation

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Koops, Andreas ^a   Ittrich, Harald ^a   Petri, Susan ^a   Priest, Andrew ^a   Stork, Alexander ^a   Lockemann, Ute ^a   Adam, Gerhard ^a   Weber, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Magnetic resonance (MR); Plaque; Vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846090132     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0265-7     Document Type: Article

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