Quantification of Calcifications in Endarterectomy Samples by Means of High-Resolution Ultra-Short Echo Time Imaging

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-113

  Sharma, Sonu ^a   Boujraf, Said ^a   Bornstedt, Axel ^a   Hombach, Vinzenz ^a   Ignatius, Anita ^a   Oberhuber, Alexander ^a   Rasche, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcification; Carotid endarterectomy; Histology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultra short echo time imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRA SHORT ECHO TIME IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77249164607     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181c8cefa     Document Type: Article

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