An in vitro evaluation of the line pattern of the near and far walls of carotid arteries using B-mode ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1007-1015

  Montauban Van Swijndregt, Alexander D ^a   The, Salem H K ^b,c   Gussenhoven, Elma J ^b,c   Lancée, Charles T ^b   Rijsterborgh, Hans ^b,c   De Groot, Eric ^c   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^b,c   Bom, Nicolaas ^b,c   Ackerstaff, Rob G A ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteries; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Intravascular; Tunica intima; Tunica media; UItrasonography; Ultrasonic tissue characterization; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DOUBLE LINE PATTERN; EXTRAVASCULAR IMAGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN CAROTID ARTERIES; INTIMA MEDIA COMPLEX; INTRAVASCULAR IMAGE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030446836     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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