Segmentation of carotid plaque using multicontrast 3D gradient echo MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 812-819

  Liu, Wenbo ^a,b   Balu, Niranjan ^b   Sun, Jie ^b   Zhao, Xihai ^a   Chen, Huijun ^b   Yuan, Chun ^a,b   Zhao, Huilin ^c   Xu, Jianrong ^c   Wang, Guangzhi ^a   Kerwin, William S ^b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

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

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

3D carotid imaging; atherosclerosis; MRI; plaque composition; segmentation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863371233     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22886     Document Type: Article

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