Acoustic inhomogeneity of carotid arterial plaques determined by GHz frequency range acoustic microscopy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 933-937

  Saijo, Yoshifumi ^a,c   Jorgensen, Claus S ^a   Mondek, Peter ^a,b   Šefránek, Vladimír ^b   Paaske, William ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic microscopy; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Collagen; Ultrasound; Vascular surgery; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; COLLAGEN; MEDICINE; ULTRASONICS;

ECHOLUCENT LESIONS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036657614     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00527-6     Document Type: Article

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