An optimized 3D inversion recovery prepared fast spoiled gradient recalled sequence for carotid plaque hemorrhage imaging at 3.0 T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1360-1366

  Zhu, David C ^a,b   Ferguson, Marina S ^c   DeMarco, J Kevin ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

3D IR FSPGR; Carotid plaque imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55949091401     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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