Three-dimensional imaging of the aortic vessel wall using an elastin-specific magnetic resonance contrast agent

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 438-444

  Makowski, Marcus R ^a,b,c   Preissel, Anne ^d   Von Bary, Christian ^e   Warley, Alice ^a   Schachoff, Sylvia ^d   Keithan, Alexandra ^d   Cesati, Richard R ^f   Onthank, David C ^f   Schwaiger, Markus ^d   Robinson, Simon P ^f   Botnar, René M ^a,g,h  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^f A Subsidiary of Lantheus Holdings   (United States)

^g WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contrast agent; molecular; MRI; vessel wall

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ELASTIN; ELASTIN SPECIFIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE CONTRAST AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORACIC AORTA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84862154358     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182588263     Document Type: Article

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