Open AccessIntracranial Plaque Enhancement in Patients with Cerebrovascular Events on High-Spatial-Resolution MR Images
Author(s) -
Ye Qiao,
Steven R. Zeiler,
Saeedeh Mirbagheri,
Richard Leigh,
Victor Urrutia,
Robert J. Wityk,
Bruce A. Wasserman
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.13122812
Subject(s) - medicine , culprit , stroke (engine) , lesion , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , cardiology , infundibulum , fluid attenuated inversion recovery , pathology , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering
To characterize intracranial plaque inflammation in vivo by using three-dimensional (3D) high-spatial-resolution contrast material-enhanced black-blood (BB) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and to investigate the relationship between intracranial plaque inflammation and cerebrovascular ischemic events.