Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents for Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Atherosclerosis

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-24

  Calcagno, Claudia ^a   Ramachandran, Sarayu ^a   Millon, Antoine ^a   Robson, Philip M ^a   Mani, Venkatesh ^a   Fayad, Zahi ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; CE MRI; Contrast agent; DCE MRI; Gadolinium; Gd; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Non specific contrast agents; Specific non targeted contrast agents; Specific targeted contrast agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872551084     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-012-9177-x     Document Type: Review

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