Improved carotid atherosclerotic plaques imaging with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Clevert, D A ^a   Sommer, W H ^a   Helck, A ^a   Saam, T ^a   Reiser, M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; contrast enhanced ultrasound; plaque neovascularisation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959974899     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: 18758622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2011-1403     Document Type: Article

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