Validation of noninvasive in vivo compound ultrasound strain imaging using histologic plaque vulnerability features

Stroke

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2770-2775

  Hansen, Hendrik H G ^a   De Borst, Gert Jan ^b   Bots, Michiel L ^b   Moll, Frans L ^b   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^b   De Korte, Chris L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atherosclerotic plaque; carotid artery diseases; elasticity imaging techniques; lipids; stroke; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOUND ULTRASOUND STRAIN IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84991451190     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014139     Document Type: Article

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