Advanced MRI for carotid plaque imaging

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 83-89

  Singh, Navneet ^a   Moody, Alan R ^a   Roifman, Idan ^b   Bluemke, David A ^c   Zavodni, Anna E H ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk; Carotid; Imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SOFTWARE;

AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84953836159     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0743-6     Document Type: Article

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