Temporal dependence of in vivo USPIO-enhanced MRI signal changes in human carotid atheromatous plaques

Neuroradiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 457-465

  Tang, T Y ^a   Patterson, A J ^a   Miller, S R ^b   Graves, M J ^a   Howarth, S P S ^a   U King Im, J M ^a   Li, Z Y ^a   Sadat, U ^a   Young, V E ^a   Walsh, S R ^a   Boyle, J R ^a   Gaunt, M E ^a   Gillard, J H ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Inflammation; MRI; USPIO

Indexed keywords

ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROMATOUS PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OXIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67449149695     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0523-x     Document Type: Article

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