The development and potential of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging for carotid artery plaque characterization

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-311

  Allen, Jason D ^a   Ham, Katherine L ^a   Dumont, Douglas M ^b   Sileshi, Bantayehu ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^b   Dahl, Jeremy J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid artery disease; carotid stenosis; endarterectomy carotid; imaging diagnostic; stroke; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; STROKE;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 80051605783     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: 14770377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X11400936     Document Type: Review

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