High-resolution CT imaging of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 875-882

  Wintermark, Max ^a   Jawadi, S S ^d   Rapp, J H ^c   Tihan, T ^a   Tong, E ^a   Glidden, D V ^a   Abedin, S ^d   Schaeffer, S ^a   Acevedo Bolton, G ^a   Boudignon, B ^b   Orwoll, B ^b   Pan, X ^c   Saloner, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43649105663     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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