Calcification in carotid atheromatous plaque: Delineation by 3D-CT angiography, compared with pathological findings

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 778-784

  Niwa, Yuji ^a   Katano, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamada, Kazuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Histopathology; Three dimensional CT angiography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 9244254757     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225014120     Document Type: Article

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