Intravascular ultrasound: Principles and cerebrovascular applications

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 586-597

  Zacharatos, H ^a   Hassan, A E ^a   Qureshi, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIPIZIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; RIMONABANT; ROSIGLITAZONE; ROSUVASTATIN;

ANGIOPLASTY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; STENT; THROMBUS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77950838835     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1810     Document Type: Review

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