Techniques for noninvasive molecular imaging of atherosclerotic plaque

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 79-

  Tarkin, Jason M ^a   Rudd, James H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOLID STATE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; INFLAMMATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84923187949     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2014.80-c2     Document Type: Letter

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