MRI strain imaging of the carotid artery: Present limitations and future challenges

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 824-833

  Nederveen, Aart J ^a   Avril, Stéphane ^b   Speelman, Lambert ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid artery plaque; Cine MRI; Non rigid image registration; Phase contrast MRI; Strain

Indexed keywords

IMAGE REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CINE-MRI; NONRIGID IMAGE REGISTRATION; PHASE CONTRAST MRI; POST-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLACK BLOOD CINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; BLACK BLOOD NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; BRIGHT BLOOD CINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CINE PHASE CONTRAST NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISPLACEMENT ENCODING USING STIMULATED ECHOES; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MR ELASTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL ENCODING; STRAIN ENCODING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUE; CINE MRI; NON-RIGID IMAGE REGISTRATION; PHASE CONTRAST MRI; STRAIN;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84894680540     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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