Echogenicity of B-mode Sonographic Images of the Carotid Artery: Work in Progress

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 659-669

  Golemati, Spyretta ^a,c   Tegos, Thomas J ^b   Sassano, Antonio ^b   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; B mode sonography; Carotid plaque; Echogenicity; Gray level histogram; Mathematical descriptors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENTROPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

ECHOGENICITY; MUSCLE FIBERS; SONOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; HEART CYCLE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TISSUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2342622143     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.5.659     Document Type: Article

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