Fully automated on-screen carotid intima-media thickness measurement: A screening tool for subclinical atherosclerosis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 333-339

  Vanoli, Davide ^a   Lindqvist, Per ^a   Wiklund, Urban ^a   Henein, Michael ^a   Näslund, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Intima media thickness; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; DEVICES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84879304657     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22041     Document Type: Article

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