Carotid plaque high-resolution MRI at 3 T: Evaluation of a new imaging score for symptomatic plaque assessment

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1424-1431

  Gury Paquet, Laurence ^a   Millon, Antoine ^b   Salami, Fatima ^b   Cernicanu, Alexandru ^c   Scoazec, Jean Yves ^d   Douek, Philippe ^b   Boussel, Loïc ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque

Indexed keywords

3T NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE ULCERATION OR CAP RUPTURE LIPID RICH NECROTIC CORE SCORE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRA PLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; LARGE LIPID RICH NECROTIC CORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCERATION OR FIBROUS CAP RUPTURE;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868647495     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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