Sonographic examination of the carotid arteries

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1561-1575

  Tahmasebpour, Hamid R ^a,b   Buckley, Anne R ^c   Cooperberg, Peter L ^a   Fix, Cathy H ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 28144452427     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.256045013     Document Type: Review

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