Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of lipid-rich necrotic core in carotid atheroma in vivo

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 929-936

  Young, Victoria Eleanor ^a   Patterson, Andrew J ^a   Sadat, Umar ^a   Bowden, David J ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Tang, Tjun Y ^a   Priest, Andrew N ^a   Skepper, Jeremy N ^b   Kirkpatrick, Peter J ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADC; Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Diffusion; Lipid core; MRI

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CAROTID ARTERY ATHEROMA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957569749     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0680-y     Document Type: Article

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