In vivo radiofrequency-based ultrasonic tissue characterization of the atherosclerotic plaque

Stroke

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1507-1512

  Urbani, Michelangelo Pio ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^a   Parenti, Giuliano ^b   Mazzarisi, Alessandro ^a   Fiori, Leonardo ^b   Paterni, Marco ^a   Pelosi, Gualtiero ^a   Landini, Luigi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0027428754     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.24.10.1507     Document Type: Article

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