Predictors of surface disruption with MR imaging in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-493

  Underhill, H R ^a   Yuan, C ^a   Yarnykh, V L ^a   Chu, B ^a   Oikawa, M ^a   Dong, L ^a   Polissar, N L ^c   Garden, G A ^b   Cramer, S C ^d   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949532554     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1842     Document Type: Article

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