High-resolution three-dimensional aortic magnetic resonance angiography and quantitative vessel wall characterization of different atherosclerotic stages in a rabbit model

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 614-621

  Steen, Henning ^a,b   Lima, João A C ^a   Chatterjee, Subroto ^a   Kolmakova, Antonia ^a   Gao, Fabao ^a,c   Rodriguez, E Rene ^a   Stuber, Matthias ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models of human disease; Cardiovascular imaging agents techniques; Imaging; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547904987     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3180592a93     Document Type: Article

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