Comparison between 2D and 3D high-resolution black-blood techniques for carotid artery wall imaging in clinically significant atherosclerosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 918-924

  Balu, Niranjan ^a,c   Chu, Baocheng ^b   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^b   Yuan, Chun ^b   Yarnykh, Vasily L ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Box 358050   (United States)

Author keywords

3D carotid black blood imaging; Morphological measurements; Plaque composition; Serial MRI; Vulnerable plaque imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41949118497     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21282     Document Type: Article

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