Imaging the vessel wall in major peripheral arteries using susceptibility-weighted imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-365

  Yang, Qi ^a   Liu, Jiantao ^a   Barnes, Samuel R S ^b   Wu, Zhen ^c   Li, Kuncheng ^a   Neelavalli, Jaladhar ^b   Hu, Jiani ^d   Haacke, E Mark ^b,d,e  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MRI Institute for Biomedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Phase imaging; Susceptibility; Susceptibility weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68149099049     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21859     Document Type: Article

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