Reproducibility of Fibrous Cap Status Assessment of Carotid Artery Plaques by Contrast-Enhanced MRI
Author(s) -
Robert M. Kwee,
Jos M. A. van Engelshoven,
Werner H. Mess,
Johannes W.M. ter Berg,
Floris H.B.M. Schreuder,
Cees L. Franke,
Arthur G. G. C. Korten,
Bé J. Meems,
Robert J. van Oostenbrugge,
Joachim E. Wildberger,
M. Eline Kooi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.555052
Subject(s) - medicine , reproducibility , carotid arteries , contrast (vision) , stroke (engine) , radiology , pathology , cardiology , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , mechanical engineering , engineering
Reproducibility in identifying the fibrous cap (FC) of carotid artery plaques by noncontrast-enhanced MRI has been shown to be poor. The objective of this study was to assess the reproducibility of multisequence MRI, including contrast-enhanced images, in assessing FC status.
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