Transcutaneous very-high resolution ultrasound for the quantification of carotid arterial intima-media thickness in children - Feasibility and comparison with conventional high resolution vascular ultrasound imaging

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-107

  Sarkola, Taisto ^a,c   Slorach, Cameron ^a   Hui, Wei ^a   Bradley, Timothy J ^a   Redington, Andrew N ^a,b   Jaeggi, Edgar ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Child; Intima media thickness; Resolution; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PORCINE ADENOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSDUCER; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865376020     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.06.054     Document Type: Article

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