Identification of atherosclerotic lipid deposits by diffusion-weighted imaging

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1440-1446

  Qiao, Ye ^a   Ronen, Itamar ^a   Viereck, Jason ^a   Ruberg, Frederick L ^a   Hamilton, James A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Diffusion weighted image; Lipids; MRI

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOPHYSICS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER;

EID: 34249328866     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.141028     Document Type: Article

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