Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization of the Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery - Histological Correlates of Carotid Integrated Backscatter

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1013-1016

  Waki, Hidehiko ^a   Masuyama, Tohru ^b   Mori, Hiroki ^c   Maeda, Tadashi ^c   Kitade, Kazushi ^c   Moriyasu, Kenji ^c   Tsujimoto, Masahiko ^c   Fujimoto, Kenji ^c   Koshimae, Naoki ^c   Matsuura, Nariaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; THROMBUS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CALIBRATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 10744223952     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.1013     Document Type: Article

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