Carotid MRI Detection of Intraplaque Hemorrhage at 3T and 1.5T

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 390-396

  Scott McNally, J ^a   Yoon, Hyo Chun ^b   Kim, Seong Eun ^a   Narra, Krishna K ^a   McLaughlin, Michael S ^a   Parker, Dennis L ^a   Treiman, Gerald S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid; Intraplaque Hemorrhage; MRI

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIZATION PREPARED RAPID ACQUISITION WITH GRADIENT ECHO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84929659007     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12146     Document Type: Article

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