Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging of carotid plaque neo-vascularization: Accuracy of visual analysis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-24

  Müller, Hubertus Fritz Georg ^a   Viaccoz, Aurélien ^a   Kuzmanovic, Igor ^a   Bonvin, Christophe ^b   Burkhardt, Karim ^a   Bochaton Piallat, Marie Luce ^a   Sztajzel, Roman ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Neo vascularization; Stroke; Visual analysis; Vulnerable carotid plaque

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONICS;

CAROTID PLAQUES; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; NEO-VASCULARIZATION; STROKE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; NEO-VASCULARIZATION; STROKE; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE CAROTID PLAQUE;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84888430132     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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