… carotid artery plaque and plaque with acoustic shadowing in … lesions in the common and
internal carotid arteries, and at the carotid … only with the presence of plaque. In contradistinction, …

… Acoustic shadowing (AS) is a common CDUS artifact and is characterized by a signal void
… A cone of acoustic shadow usually corresponds with fibrocalcific plaques [12]. AS may …

… artery lesions (CALs), with and without acoustic shadowing (… cm segment of the carotid
arteries centered at the bifurcation. … carotid artery plaque with and without acoustic shadowing. J …

… study exam, we examined the relationship between carotid artery lesions (CALs), with and
without acoustic shadowing (AS) as an index of plaque mineralization, to systemic markers of …

… , acoustic shadowing (AS) on ultrasound (US) is commonly accepted as a marker of arterial
… Although plaques located in the carotid arteries do not cause CHD events, atherosclerosis …

… mainstay for diagnosing carotid artery stenosis and is often the sole diagnostic modality
used prior to intervention. Highly calcified plaque, however, results in an acoustic shadow (AcS) …

… of coronary artery diseases. The detection of the calcified … to detect the calcified plaque with
acoustic shadowing in IVUS … prior knowledge about the calcified plaque. The performance of …

… and severity of arterial atherosclerosis. … plaque with acoustic shadowing can be found in
[1] [2] . In this paper, we develop a method to detect the calcified plaque with acoustic shadow …

… Plaques with calcific deposits were easily identified by the greatest brightness … by an
acoustic shadow due to echo reflection of the calcified material. As a consequence, the arterial …

… acoustic shadows are considered calcified to approximate the real dense calcium (DC) plaque
… components in the lesions in each corresponding artery were assessed. Both the original …