A number of institutions routinely perform carotid artery ultrasound screening before
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to identify carotid artery disease requiring …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the cerebrovascular risk
stratification potential of baseline degree of stenosis, clinical features, and ultrasonic plaque …

Total triterpenic fraction of Centella asiatica (TTFCA) is effective in improving venous wall
alterations in chronic venous hypertension and in protecting the venous endothelium …

Background and Purpose—We sought to assess the reproducibility, interobserver variability,
and application to clinical studies of a new method for the quantitative assessment of carotid …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our hypothesis was that the carotid plaques associated
with retinal and cerebrovascular symptomatology and asymptomatic presentation may be …

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of image normalization on plaque
classification and the risk of ipsilateral ischemic neurologic events in patients with …

The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of multilevel binary and gray scale
morphological analysis in the assessment of atherosclerotic carotid plaques. Ultrasound …

Noninvasive ultrasound imaging of carotid plaques allows for the development of plaque-
image analysis methods associated with the risk of stroke. This paper presents several …

OBJECTIVES: The aim was to determine the diagnostic value of a juxtaluminal black
(hypoechoic) area without a visible echogenic cap (JBA) in ultrasonic images of internal …

The echogenicity of the cortex is an important parameter in interpreting renal sonograms that
suggest changes in cortical structure. Echogenicity is currently measured qualitatively, and …