High resolution wall and lumen MRI of the middle cerebral arteries at 3 tesla

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 433-442

  Ryu, Chang Woo ^a,b   Jahng, Geon Ho ^a   Kim, Eui Jong ^b   Choi, Woo Suk ^b   Yang, Dal Mo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Black blood MRI; Middle cerebral artery; Plaque analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THICKNESS;

AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 62349132181     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209238     Document Type: Article

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