Quantitative evaluation of high intensity signal on MIP images of carotid atherosclerotic plaques from routine TOF-MRA reveals elevated volumes of intraplaque hemorrhage and lipid rich necrotic core

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Song, Yan ^c   Hippe, Daniel S ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Dong, Li ^a   Xu, Dongxiang ^a   Ferguson, Marina S ^a   Chu, Baocheng ^a   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^b   Chen, Min ^c   Zhou, Cheng ^c   Yuan, Chun ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid plaques; Intraplaque hemorrhage; Lipid rich necrotic core; Magnetic resonance imaging; Maximum intensity projection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID RICH NECROTIC CORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84870054736     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-14-81     Document Type: Article

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