Atherosclerosis of middle cerebral artery: Evaluation with high-resolution MR imaging at 3 T

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 447-452

  Li, Ming li ^a   Xu, Wei hai ^a   Song, Lan ^a   Feng, Feng ^a   You, Hui ^a   Ni, Jun ^a   Gao, Shan ^a   Cui, Li ying ^a   Jin, Zheng yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral arteries; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67349279848     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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