Measurement of the Intimal Thickness of the Carotid Artery: Comparison Between 40 MHz Ultrasound and Histology in Rats

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 962-966

  Choi, Yun Seok ^a   Youn, Ho Joong ^a   Youn, Jeong Sook ^a   Park, Chul Soo ^a   Oh, Yong Seog ^a   Chung, Wook Sung ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Histology; Hypertension; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGENIC; ECHOGRAPHY; GROUP III; HIGH-FAT DIET; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; INTIMAL THICKENINGS; NONINVASIVE METHODS; WISTAR-KYOTO RATS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; HISTOLOGY; NUTRITION; RATS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC DELAY LINES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMICROSCOPY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID DIET; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHOME; ULTRASOUND; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; HYPERTENSION; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 67349097849     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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