Stratified gray-scale median analysis and color mapping of the carotid plaque: Correlation with endarterectomy specimen histology of 28 patients

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 741-745

  Sztajzel, R ^a,d   Momjian, S ^a   Momjian Mayor, I ^a   Murith, N ^a   Djebaili, K ^a   Boissard, G ^c   Comelli, M ^b   Pizolatto, G ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Department of Neurology 24 ^*

^d Neurosonology Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotid artery plaque; Pathology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPID METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 16844384693     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000157599.10026.ad     Document Type: Article

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