Ultra-short echo time cardiovascular magnetic resonance of atherosclerotic carotid plaque

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Chan, Cheuk ^a,b   Keenan, Niall ^a,b   Nielles Vallespin, Sonia ^a,b   Gatehouse, Peter ^a,b   Sheppard, Mary ^a,b   Boyle, Joseph ^c   Pennell, Dudley ^a,b   Firmin, David ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954591786     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-12-17     Document Type: Article

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