Scan-rescan and intra-observer variability of magnetic resonance imaging of carotid atherosclerosis at 1.5 T and 3.0 T

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6821-6835

  Vidal, Arvin ^a,b   Bureau, Yves ^b   Wade, Trevor ^a,b   Spence, J David ^a   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ATOMS; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESONANCE;

BASE-LINES; CAROTID ARTERIES; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; FIELD STRENGTHS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NOISE RATIOS; OBSERVER VARIABILITIES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SINGLE OBSERVERS; VESSEL WALLS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 58149267830     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/23/011     Document Type: Article

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