Characterization of distensibility, plaque burden, and composition of the atherosclerotic carotid artery using magnetic resonance imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6247-6253

  Cantón, Gádor ^a   Hippe, Daniel S ^b   Sun, Jie ^b   Underhill, Hunter R ^b   Kerwin, William S ^b   Tang, Dalin ^c   Yuan, Chun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid atherosclerosis; compliance; distensibility; MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; DISEASES; LOCATION; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTERIAL DISTENSIBILITY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMPLIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISTENSIBILITY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84867285644     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4754302     Document Type: Article

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