Optimization of ex vivo CT- and MR- imaging of atherosclerotic vessel wall changes

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-334

  Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a,b   Becker, Christoph R ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^c   Huber, Armin ^a   Scheidler, Jürgen ^a   Fayad, Zahi A ^b   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque imaging

Indexed keywords

FERUMOXSIL; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL; IRON OXIDE; METHYLCELLULOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; IODINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWINE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 4544379087     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CAIM.0000041936.21786.ac     Document Type: Article

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