Advances in MRI for the evaluation of carotid atherosclerosis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1052, 2015, Pages

  Makris, G C ^a   Teng, Z ^a   Patterson, A J ^a   Lin, J M ^a   Young, V ^a   Graves, M J ^a   Gillard, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BIOMECHANICS; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; INTRAPLAQUE HAEMORRHAGE; INTRAPLAQUE INFLAMMATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC USE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84938876057     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: 1748880X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140282     Document Type: Review

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