High-Field Atherosclerotic Plaque Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-284

  Yuan, Chun ^a   Wang, Jinnan ^a,b   Balu, Niranjan ^a  

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

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque composition; Carotid plaque imaging; High field MR imaging

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIZATION PREPARED RAPID GRADIENT ECHO; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRAHIGH FIELD IMAGING;

ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860382760     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2012.02.011     Document Type: Review

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