Assessment of carotid artery ultrasonography in the presence of an acoustic shadow artifact

Assessment of carotid artery ultrasonography in the presence of an acoustic shadow artifact

Abstract Background B-mode and Color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) are the methods of choice for screening and determining the degree of Carotid artery stenosis. The evaluation of stenosis with calcification may be hampered by a common CDUS artifact known as acoustic shadow (AS). Our objective was...

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Main Authors: Estelle E. Seyman, Natan Bornstein, Eitan Auriel, Oren Cohen, Tania Nissel, Hen Hallevi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Ischemic stroke
Carotid artery stenosis
Acoustic shadow
Color Doppler ultrasound
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-019-1405-4

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