Carotid plaque classification: Defining the certainty with which plaque components can be differentiated

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 874-880

  Ronen, Raphael R ^a,b   Clarke, Sharon E ^a,b   Hammond, Robert R ^a,c   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid plaque; Multicontrast MRI; Probability of error; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TISSUE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID PLAQUES; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY SPECIMENS; LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUES; PROBABILITY OF ERRORS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ERRORS;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY;

EID: 34248150546     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21214     Document Type: Article

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