Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1309-1318 , December 2009

MRI-based biomechanical imaging: initial study on early plaque progression and vessel remodeling

  • Jie Zheng

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63131, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8225, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Tel.: +1 314 747 4608; fax: +1 314 747 3882.
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  • Dana R. Abendschein

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63131, USA
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  • Ruth J. Okamoto

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63131, USA
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  • Deshan Yang

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63131, USA
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  • Kyle S. McCommis

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63131, USA
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  • Bernd Misselwitz

      Affiliations

    • Bayer Schering Pharma AG, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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  • Robert J. Gropler

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63131, USA
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  • Dalin Tang

      Affiliations

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA 01609, USA

Received 29 November 2008 ,Revised 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 May 2009.

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PII: S0730-725X(09)00119-2

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.032

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1309-1318 , December 2009

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