Motion analysis of the carotid artery wall and plaque using B-mode ultrasound

Vascular Disease Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Golemati, Spyretta ^a   Stoitsis, John ^a   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carotid; Image sequences; Motion analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 36448995802     PISSN: 15672700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156727007782331830     Document Type: Review

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