Carotid Plaque Imaging with an Eight-Channel Transmit/Receive RF Array at 7 Tesla: First Results in Patients with Atherosclerosis
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1. Virmani R, et al. Pathology of the thin-cap fibroatheroma: a type of vulnerable plaque. J Interv Cardiol. Jun 2003; 16(3): 267-272. 2. Oppenheim C, et al. High resolution MRI of carotid atherosclerosis: looking beyond arterial lumen. J Radiol, 2008; 89: 293-301. 3. Cury RC, et al. Vulnerable plaque detection by 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging. Invest Radiol. Feb 2006; 41(2): 112-115. 4. Kraff O, et al. An Eight-Channel Transmit/Receive RF Array for Imaging the Carotid Arteries at 7 Tesla. Proceedings 17th ISMRM, 2009; Hawaii. Carotid Plaque Imaging with an Eight-Channel Transmit/Receive RF Array at 7 Tesla: First Results in Patients with Atherosclerosis.
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