Current techniques for MR imaging of atherosclerosis

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-215

  Balu, Niranjan ^a   Wang, Jinnan ^b   Dong, Li ^a   Baluyot, Florence ^c   Chen, Huijun ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

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

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; black blood; carotid; coronary; femoral; peripheral; plaque; vessel wall imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; LIPID; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

AORTA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77956397315     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3181ea287d     Document Type: Review

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