Combined 18F-FDG PET-CT and DCE-MRI to assess inflammation and microvascularization in atherosclerotic plaques

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3568-3570

  Truijman, Martine T B ^a,b   Kwee, Robert M ^b   Van Hoof, Raf H M ^a,b   Hermeling, Evelien ^a,b   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a,b   Mess, Werner H ^b   Backes, Walter H ^b   Daemen, Mat J ^c   Bucerius, Jan ^a,b   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a,b   Kooi, Marianne Eline ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Atherosclerotic; Imaging; Inflammation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neovascularization; Plaque; Positron emission tomography; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STROKE;

EID: 84889242906     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003140     Document Type: Article

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