Quantitative Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization Can Identify High-Risk Atherosclerotic Alteration in Human Carotid Arteries
- 15 August 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 102 (7) , 766-770
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.102.7.766
Abstract
Background—Recently, ultrasonic tissue characterization of the composition of plaques has been performed in a quantitative fashion on the basis of integrated backscatter (IBS) analysis, but most of...Keywords
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