Plaque imaging of the internal carotid artery - Correlation of B-flow imaging with histopathology

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Reiter, Markus ^a   Horvat, R ^a   Puchner, S ^a   Rinner, W ^b   Polterauer, P ^a,b   Lammer, J ^a   Minar, E ^a   Bucek, R A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33846442060     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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