New quantification methods for carotid intra-plaque neovascularization using contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-36

  Akkus, Zeynettin ^a   Hoogi, Assaf ^a,b   Renaud, Guillaume ^a   van den Oord, Stijn C H ^a   ten Kate, Gerrit L ^a   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a   Adam, Dan ^b   de Jong, Nico ^a   van der Steen, Antonius F W ^a   Bosch, Johan G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Contrast agents; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Microbubbles; Microvessels; Plaque neovascularization; Quantification; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

SKIN; ULTRASONICS;

CAROTID PLAQUES; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVESSELS; NEO-VASCULARIZATION; QUANTIFICATION; VASA VASORUM;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAPLAQUE NEOVASCULARIZATION SURFACE AREA; INTRAPLAQUE NEOVASCULARIZATION SURFACE RATIO; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MEAN PLAQUE CONTRAST PERCENTAGE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUMBER OF MICROVESSEL; PLAQUE MEAN INTESITY; PLAQUE TO LUMEN ENHANCEMENT RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CAROTID PLAQUE; CONTRAST AGENTS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVESSELS; PLAQUE NEOVASCULARIZATION; QUANTIFICATION; VASA VASORUM;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 84888431617     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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