Increasing spatial resolution of 3T MRI scanning improves reproducibility of carotid arterial wall dimension measurements

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 219-226

  Van Wijk, Diederik F ^a   Strang, Aart C ^a   Duivenvoorden, Raphael ^a   Enklaar, Dirk Jan F ^a   Van Der Geest, Rob J ^b   Kastelein, John J P ^a   De Groot, Eric ^a   Stroes, Erik S G ^a   Nederveen, Aart J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; Carotid MRI; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904753546     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-013-0407-2     Document Type: Article

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