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Shear wave elastography imaging of carotid plaques: feasible, reproducible and of clinical potential

BACKGROUND: Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) imaging is a novel ultrasound technique for quantifying tissue elasticity. Studies have demonstrated that SWE is able to differentiate between diseased and normal tissue in a wide range clinical applications. However its applicability to atherosclerotic caro...

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Autores principales: Ramnarine, Kumar V, Garrard, James W, Kanber, Baris, Nduwayo, Sarah, Hartshorne, Timothy C, Robinson, Thompson G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4293004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25487290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-12-49