High-resolution MRI of carotid plaque with a neurovascular coil and contrast-enhanced MR angiography: One-stop shopping for the comprehensive assessment of carotid atherosclerosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1164-1171

  Tartari, Stefano ^a   Rizzati, Roberto ^a   Righi, Riccardo ^a   Deledda, Anna ^a   Capello, Katia ^b   Soverini, Riccardo ^c   Benea, Giorgio ^a  

^a Azienda USL Ferrara   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale del Delta   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Plaque imaging; THRIVE sequence

Indexed keywords

GADOFOSVESET; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULCER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959608751     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4751     Document Type: Article

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