Assessment of the Correlation Between Carotid Artery Plaque Density Determined by Histogram Analysis and Positive Remodeling on Computerized Tomography Angiography
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Ogawa
M, Ozawa
Y, Muto
M, Katano
H, Yamada
K, et al. Assessment of the Correlation Between Carotid Artery Plaque Density Determined by Histogram Analysis and Positive Remodeling on Computerized Tomography Angiography,
Iran J Radiol.
2018
; 15(1):e66056.
doi: 10.5812/iranjradiol.66056.
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