Intracranial-derived atherosclerosis assessment: An in vitro comparison between virtual histology by intravascular ultrasonography, 7T MRI, and histopathologic findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2259-2264

  Majidi, Shahram ^a   Sein, J ^b   Watanabe, M ^a   Hassan, A E ^a   Van De Moortele, P F ^b   Suri, M F K ^a   Clark, H B ^b   Qureshi, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84890512945     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3631     Document Type: Article

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