Investigation of atherosclerotic plaques with MRI at 3 T using ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1287-1293

  Priest, Andrew N ^a   Ittrich, Harald ^a   Jahntz, Christine L ^a,b   Kooijman, Hendrik ^c   Weber, Christoph ^a   Adam, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Contrast media; Magnetic resonance; Plaque; USPIO

Indexed keywords

DDM 43 34; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BONE MARROW; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIVER; LYMPH VESSEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OXIDES; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34447561122     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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