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. 2017 May;38(5):E34-E36.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5130. Epub 2017 Mar 31.

3D Ultrasound for Imaging and Quantifying Carotid Ulcers

J D Spence  1
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3D Ultrasound for Imaging and Quantifying Carotid Ulcers

J D Spence. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 May.
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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Number of carotid ulcers. The carotid artery can be examined in any axis for detection of ulcers in atherosclerotic plaques. White arrows show ulcers. Reproduced with permission of Wolters Kluwer from Madani et al.
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Measurement of ulcer volume and ulcer depth. Contours of ulcers were traced, and the depth of ulcers was measured in cross-sectional views. Each section had a thickness of 1 mm; ulcer volume was computed from the sum of the volumes of all sections in which ulceration was traced. Reproduced with permission of Wolters Kluwer from Kuk et al.
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    Yuan J, Graves M. Yuan J, et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 May;38(5):E37. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5146. Epub 2017 Mar 31. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017. PMID: 28364012 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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