Carotid plaque vulnerability: Quantification of neovascularization on contrast-enhanced ultrasound with histopathologic correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-436

  Hoogi, Assaf ^a   Adam, Dan ^a   Hoffman, Aaron ^a   Kerner, Hedviga ^a   Reisner, Shimon ^a   Gaitini, Diana ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotid arteriosclerosis; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Neovascularization; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79251522156     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4522     Document Type: Article

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