High-resolution contrast-enhanced MRI of atherosclerosis with digital cardiac and respiratory gating in mice

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1157-1163

  Alsaid, Hasan ^a,b   Sabbah, Maher ^c   Bendahmane, Zakaria ^a,b   Fokapu, Odette ^c   Felblinger, Jacques ^d   Desbleds Mansard, Catherine ^a,b   Corot, Claire ^e   Briguet, André ^a,b   Crémillieux, Yannick ^a,b   Canet Soulas, Emmanuelle ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^d CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^e Laboratoire Guerbet   (France)

^f CPE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic arch and carotids; Atherosclerotic plaque; Cardiorespiratory gating; Contrast agent; Mice

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; BLOOD VESSELS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUITS;

AORTIC ARCH; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIORESPIRATORY GATING; CONTRAST AGENT; MICE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 36849023014     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21308     Document Type: Article

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