Carotid artery plaque classification: Does contrast enhancement play a significant role?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1814-1817

  Piga, M ^b   Raz, E ^c   Farina, D ^a   Montisci, R ^b   Saba, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867802366     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3073     Document Type: Article

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