Detection of Carotid Artery Plaque Ulceration Using 3-Dimensional Ultrasound

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-131

  Heliopoulos, John ^a   Vadikolias, Konstantinos ^a   Piperidou, Charitomeni ^a   Mitsias, Panayiotis ^a,b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Carotid plaque; Surface morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULCER;

CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 79953034540     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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