Predicting carotid plaque characteristics using quantitative color-coded T1-weighted MR plaque imaging: Correlation with carotid endarterectomy specimens

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 766-771

  Narumi, Shinsuke ^a   Sasaki, M ^a   Ohba, H ^a   Ogasawara, K ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a   Natori, T ^a   Hitomi, J ^a   Itagaki, H ^b   Takahashi, T ^b   Terayama, Y ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HIGH CONTRAST T1 WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898422259     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3741     Document Type: Article

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