Ex vivo study of carotid endarterectomy specimens: Quantitative relaxation times within atherosclerotic plaque tissues

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1017-1021

  Degnan, Andrew J ^a   Young, Victoria E ^a   Tang, Tjun Y ^a   Gill, Andrew B ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a   Patterson, Andrew J ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROUS CAP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID NECROTIC CORE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; TISSUES;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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EID: 84863994847     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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