Evaluation of carotid wall thickness by using computed tomography and semiautomated ultrasonographic software

Journal for Vascular Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 136-142

  Saba, Luca ^a   Sanfilippo, Roberto ^a   Tallapally, Niranjan ^b   Molinari, Filippo ^c   Montisci, Roberto ^a   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a   Suri, Jasjit S ^d,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Politecnico di Torino ^*  (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d Global Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID WALL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMI AUTOMATED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 80052884485     PISSN: 15443167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154431671103500302     Document Type: Article

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