MRI-derived measurements of fibrous-cap and lipid-core thickness: The potential for identifying vulnerable carotid plaques in vivo

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 738-743

  Trivedi, Rikin A ^a   U King Im, Jean Marie ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Horsley, Jo ^b   Goddard, Martin ^b   Kirkpatrick, Peter J ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atheroma; Carotid MRI; Quantitative; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SLICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 4644325839     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-004-1247-6     Document Type: Article

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