Evaluation of carotid plaque composition by computed tomographic angiography and black blood magnetic resonance images

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-94

  Haraguchi, K ^a   Houkin, K ^a   Koyanagi, I ^a   Nonaka, T ^a   Baba, T ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black blood; Carotid plaque; Computed tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 42549137462     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1022550     Document Type: Article

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