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      High-Resolution CT Imaging of Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques  
    	M. Wintermark, S.S. Jawadi, J.H. Rapp, T. Tihan, E. Tong, D.V. Glidden, S. Abedin, S. Schaeffer, G. Acevedo-Bolton, B. Boudignon, B. Orwoll, X. Pan and D. Saloner
  
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    M. Wintermarka, 
S.S. Jawadif, 
J.H. Rappe, 
T. Tihanb, 
E. Tonga, 
D.V. Gliddenc, 
S. Abedinf, 
S. Schaeffera, 
G. Acevedo-Boltona, 
B. Boudignond, 
B. Orwolld, 
X. Pane and 
D. Salonera
^aDepartment of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
^bDepartment of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
^cDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
^dDivision of Endocrinology, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
^eDepartment of Vascular Surgery, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif
^fDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Mo
Please address correspondence to Max Wintermark, MD, Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628; e-mail: max.wintermark{at}radiology.ucsf.edu
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