Reducing morphological variability of the cervical carotid artery in serial magnetic resonance imaging using a head and neck immobilization device

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 258-262

  Chapman, Brian E ^a   Minalga, Emilee S ^b   Brown, Christopher ^b   Roberts, John A ^b   Hadley, J Rock ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; MRA; MRI; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; HEAD; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; NECK;

EID: 46849095593     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21404     Document Type: Article

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