Plaque imaging using ultrasound, magnetic resonance and computer tomography: A review

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 113, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-25

  Suri, Jasjit S ^a   Pattichis, Constantinos S ^b   Li, Chunming ^c   Macione, Jim ^c   Yang, Zhi ^c   Fox, Martin D ^c   Wu, Dee ^d   Laxminarayan, Swamy ^e  

^a Fischer Medical Technologies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; computational fluid dynamics; magnetic resonance angiography; phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging; shear stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASONICS;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHASE CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE IMAGING;

RESONANCE;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84874017668     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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