Parameters describing motion in carotid artery plaques from ultrasound examination: A reproducibility study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1133-1143

  Dahl, Torbjørn ^a   Bang, Jon ^b   Ushakova, Alexandra ^c   Lydersen, Stian ^c   Myhre, Hans Olav ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Embolism; Intraoperator study; Motion analysis; Parameter reproducibility; Plaque characterisation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUES; HEART CYCLES; SHEAR MOTION;

CARDIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 8844247928     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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