Measurement of Two-Dimensional Movement Parameters of the Carotid Artery Wall for Early Detection of Arteriosclerosis: A Preliminary Clinical Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1421-1429

  Zahnd, Guillaume ^a   Boussel, Loc ^a,b   Marion, Adrien ^a   Durand, Marion ^b   Moulin, Philippe ^b   Sérusclat, André ^b   Vray, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

2 D motion estimation; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; B mode ultrasound; Carotid artery; Shear stress; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

2-D MOTION ESTIMATION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B-MODE ULTRASOUND; CAROTID ARTERY; SPECKLE TRACKING;

DISEASES; ESTIMATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR STRESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79960938297     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.05.843     Document Type: Article

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