Shear wave elastography imaging of carotid plaques: Feasible, reproducible and of clinical potential

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ramnarine, Kumar V ^a   Garrard, James W ^b   Kanber, Baris ^b   Nduwayo, Sarah ^b   Hartshorne, Timothy C ^c   Robinson, Thompson G ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid; Elastogram; Elastography; Plaque; Shear wave; Stenosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPH; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY WEALE CLASSIFICATION SCALE; GREYSCALE MEDIAN; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; YOUNG MODULUS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84938548632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-12-49     Document Type: Article

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