High signal intensity halo around the carotid artery on maximum intensity projection images of time-of-flight MR angiography: A new sign for intraplaque hemorrhage

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1341-1346

  Yoo, Jeong Yim ^a   Yeon, Hyeon Choe ^a   Ko, Yonghyeh ^a   Sung, Tae Kim ^a   Keon, Ha Kim ^a   Jeon, Pyoung ^a   Hong, Sik Byun ^a   Kim, Dong Ik ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Halo sign; High resolution MRI; Intraplaque hemorrhage; Time of flight MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44449128625     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21284     Document Type: Article

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