New quantification methods for carotid intraplaque neovascularization in contrast enhanced ultrasound

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1236-1239

  Akkus, Zeynettin ^a   Renaud, Guillaume ^a   De Jong, Nico ^a   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a   Bosch, Johan G ^a   Van Den Oord, Stijn C H ^a   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a   Sanchez Ferrero, Gonzalo Vegas ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotid plaques; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Intraplaque neovascularization; Microbubbles; Microvessel quantification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894360309     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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