Visual analysis or semi-automated gray-scale-based color mapping of the carotid plaque: Which method correlates the best with the presence of cerebrovascular symptoms and/or lesions on MRI?

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Momjian, Isabelle ^a   Momjian, Shahan ^a   Albanese, Stéphane ^b   Comelli, Mario ^c   Lovblad, Karl ^a   Sztajzel, Roman ^a,d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Neurosonology Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Echogenicity; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COLOR; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 63149169036     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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