Determination of carotid plaque risk by ultrasonic tissue characterization

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1291-1299

  Lee, Daniel J ^a   Sigel, Bernard ^a   Swami, Vanlila K ^a   Justin, Jeffery R ^a   Gahtan, Vivian ^a   O'Brien, Scan P ^a   Dwyer Joyce, Lisa ^a   Feleppa, Ernest J ^b   Roberts, Andrew B ^a   Berkowitz, Henry D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid plaques; Risk; Spectral analysis; Stroke; Transient ischemic attacks; Ultrasonic tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLANIMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID PLAQUE; PLAQUE MORPHOLOGY; ULTRASONIC TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULTRASOUND;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032410850     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00125-2     Document Type: Article

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