Imaging the intracranial atherosclerotic vessel wall using 7T MRI: Initial comparison with histopathology

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 694-701

  Van Der Kolk, A G ^a   Zwanenburg, J J M ^a,b   Denswil, N P ^c   Vink, A ^a   Spliet, W G M ^a   Daemen, M J A P ^c   Visser, F ^a,d   Klomp, D W J ^a   Luijten, P R ^a   Hendrikse, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84927517037     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4178     Document Type: Article

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