MRI of carotid atherosclerosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kerwin, William S ^a,b   Hatsukami, Thomas ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a   Zhao, Xue Qiao ^c  

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

^b VPDiagnostics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Inflammation; MRI; Neovasculature; Plaque burden; Plaque components

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; DALCETRAPIB; GADOLINIUM; PLACEBO; SIMVASTATIN;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876032942     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8665     Document Type: Review

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