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SUBMITTER: Sun J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4297722 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Jie J Zhao Xue-Qiao XQ Balu Niranjan N Hippe Daniel S DS Hatsukami Thomas S TS Isquith Daniel A DA Yamada Kiyofumi K Neradilek Moni B MB Cantón Gádor G Xue Yunjing Y Fleg Jerome L JL Desvigne-Nickens Patrice P Klimas Michael T MT Padley Robert J RJ Vassileva Maria T MT Wyman Bradley T BT Yuan Chun C
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 20140913 1
This study sought to determine the multicenter reproducibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the compatibility of different scanner platforms in assessing carotid plaque morphology and composition. A standardized multi-contrast MRI protocol was implemented at 16 imaging sites (GE: 8; Philips: 8). Sixty-eight subjects (61 ± 8 years; 52 males) were dispersedly recruited and scanned twice within 2 weeks on the same magnet. Images were reviewed centrally using a streamlined semiautomatic a ...[more]