Visualization of the aneurysm wall: A 7.0-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 614-622

  Kleinloog, Rachel ^a   Korkmaz, Emine ^b   Zwanenburg, Jaco J M ^a,c   Kuijf, Hugo J ^c   Visser, Fredy ^a,d   Blankena, Roos ^a,e   Post, Jan A ^b   Ruigrok, Ynte M ^a   Luijten, Peter R ^c   Regli, Luca ^f   Rinkel, Gabriel J E ^a   Verweij, Bon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Image Science Institute   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Cerebrovascular disorders; Magnetic resonance imaging; Risk factor; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING PHANTOM; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE SECTION; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84925936586     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000559     Document Type: Article

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