Diffusion-weighted imaging of human carotid artery using 2D single-shot interleaved multislice inner volume diffusion-weighted echo planar imaging (2D ss-IMIV-DWEPI) at 3T: Diffusion measurement in atherosclerotic plaque

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1068-1077

  Kim, Seong Eun ^a   Jeong, Eun Kee ^a   Shi, Xian Feng ^a,b   Morrell, Glen ^a   Treiman, Gerald S ^a,c   Parker, Dennis L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

2D ss IMVI DWEPI; ADC values; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Plaque component identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL SINGLE SHOT INTERLEAVED MULTISLICE INNER VOLUME DIFFUSION WEIGHTED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 70350452925     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21944     Document Type: Article

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