High-resolution multicontrast-weighted MR imaging from human carotid endarterectomy specimens to assess carotid plaque components

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2912-2921

  Fabiano, Sebastiano ^a   Mancino, Stefano ^a   Stefanini, Matteo ^a   Chiocchi, Marcello ^a   Mauriello, Alessandro ^a   Spagnoli, Luigi Giusto ^a   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; MRI multicontrast weighted; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIPID ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE TYPING;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56349140534     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1091-x     Document Type: Article

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