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A Magnetic Resonance Imaging-based Computational Protocol for Analysis of Plaque Morphology and Hemodynamics in Patients with Carotid Artery Stenosis
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A Magnetic Resonance Imaging-based Computational Protocol for Analysis of Plaque Morphology and Hemodynamics in Patients with Carotid Artery Stenosis

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Imaging of the carotid artery

Luca Saba1, Michele Anzidei, Roberto Sanfilippo

  • 1Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, di Cagliari-Polo di Monserrato, s.s. 554 Monserrato, Cagliari 09045, Italy. lucasaba@tiscali.it

Atherosclerosis
|October 5, 2011
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