High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging using gadolinium-based contrast agent for atherosclerotic carotid plaque

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Kawahara, Ichiro ^a   Morikawa, Minoru ^a   Honda, Masaru ^a   Kitagawa, Naoki ^a   Tsutsumi, Keisuke ^a   Nagata, Izumi ^a   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^a   Koji, Takehiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Contrast enhanced MRI; Endothelial permeability; Neovascularization

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE SLICE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34250643578     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.09.037     Document Type: Article

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