Scan-rescan reproducibility of carotid atherosclerotic plaque morphology and tissue composition measurements using multicontrast MRI at 3T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-176

  Li, Feiyu ^a,b   Yarnykh, Vasily L ^a   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a   Chu, Baocheng ^a   Balu, Niranjan ^a   Wang, Jinnan ^c   Underhill, Hunter R ^a   Zhao, Xihai ^a   Smith, Robin ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

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

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reproducibility; Vessel wall

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS; VASCULAR NECROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049135291     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22014     Document Type: Article

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