Ultrasonographic characterization of carotid plaques

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-493

  Montauban Van Swijndregt, Alexander D ^a   Elbers, Hans R J ^a   Moll, Frans L ^a   De Letter, Jan ^a   Ackerstaff, Rob G A ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; B mode ultrasound; Carotid plaque; Intraplaque hemorrhage; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

LIPIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0345647086     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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