Atherosclerotic plaque imaging by Carotid MRI

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-77

  Zhao, Xihai ^a   Miller, Zachary E ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 63249114350     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-009-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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