Characterisation of carotid plaques with ultrasound elastography: Feasibility and correlation with high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2030-2041

  Naim, Cyrille ^a,b   Cloutier, Guy ^a,b   Mercure, Elizabeth ^a   Destrempes, François ^a   Qin, Zhao ^a   El Abyad, Walid ^a   Lanthier, Sylvain ^a   Giroux, Marie France ^a,b   Soulez, Gilles ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Carotid artery plaque; Elastography; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NON INVASIVE VASCULAR ELASTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879008528     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2772-7     Document Type: Article

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