Characterization of Carotid Artery Plaques Using Real-time Compound B-mode Ultrasound

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 870-875

  Kern, Rolf ^a   Szabo, Kristina ^a   Hennerici, Michael ^a   Meairs, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery plaque; Morphology; Reproducibility; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME COMPOUND B MODE ECHOGRAPHY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1842471344     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000120728.72958.4A     Document Type: Article

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