Advanced techniques for MRI of atherosclerotic plaque

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-225

  Kerwin, William S ^a   Canton, Gador ^a  

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

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; biomechanics; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WALL STRESS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956404844     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3181ea2853     Document Type: Review

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