High field carotid vessel wall imaging: A study on reproducibility

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 680-685

  Kroner E S J ^a,b   Westenberg, J J ^a   Van Der Geest, R J ^a   Brouwer, N J ^a   Doornbos, J ^a   Kooi, M E ^c   Van Der Wall, E E ^a,b   Lamb, H J ^a   Siebelink, H J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery; Endothelium; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875243565     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.11.028     Document Type: Article

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