Computer-assisted analysis of heterogeneity on B-mode imaging predicts instability of asymptomatic carotid plaque

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-364

  Hashimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Tagaya, Masafumi ^a   Niki, Hitoshi ^a   Etani, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Carotid artery plaque; Carotid stenosis; Lipid; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLOOD; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 67650999812     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229554     Document Type: Article

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