Multimodality imaging of carotid artery plaques: 18f-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3718-3724

  Kwee, Robert M ^a,b   Teule, Gerrit J J ^c   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^b   Mess, Werner H ^b,c   Prins, Martin H ^a,b   Van Der Geest, Rob J ^c,d   Ter Berg, Johannes W M ^e   Franke, Cees L ^e   Korten, Arthur G G C ^f   Meems, Bé J ^g   Hofman, Paul A M ^a   Van Engelshoven, Jos M A ^a,b   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a,b   Kooi, M Eline ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^f LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18F FDG positron emission tomography; Carotid atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449128658     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.564088     Document Type: Article

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