Altered carotid plaque signal among different repetition times on T1-weighted magnetic resonance plaque imaging with self-navigated radial-scan technique

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-290

  Narumi, Shinsuke ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Ohba, Hideki ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Hitomi, Jiro ^a   Mori, Kiyofumi ^a   Ohura, Kazumasa ^a   Ono, Ayumi ^a   Terayama, Yasuo ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque imaging; Repetition time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953080216     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0642-4     Document Type: Article

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