Multicontrast MRI of Atherosclerotic Plaques: Acquisition, Characterization and Reconstruction

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death in western countries according to the statistics update by the American Heart Association. Atherosclerosis is estimated to be responsible for a large portion of CVD and affects 60 million people in the United States. Accurate di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sun, Binjian
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2007
Subjects:
MRI
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16291