Reproducibility of high-resolution MRI for the middle cerebral artery plaque at 3 T

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Wan Qun ^a   Huang, Biao ^a   Liu, Xin Tong ^a   Liu, Hong Jun ^a   Li, Pei Jun ^a   Zhu, Wen Zhen ^b  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; High resolution magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral artery; Plaque analysis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY PLAQUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLAQUE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892373660     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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