Open Access3D Cross Sectional View to Investigate the Morphology of Internal Carotid Artery Plaques. Is 3D Ultrasound Superior to 2D Ultrasound?
Author(s) -
C Denzel,
K. Balzer,
Dorit Merhof,
Werner Lang
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
ultraschall in der medizin - european journal of ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.126
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1438-8782
pISSN - 0172-4614
DOI - 10.1055/s-2008-1027325
Subject(s) - ultrasound , medicine , intraclass correlation , internal carotid artery , nuclear medicine , carotid arteries , radiology , concordance , grayscale , common carotid artery , cardiology , physics , clinical psychology , pixel , optics , psychometrics
Previous studies have demonstrated that plaques from the internal carotid artery with lower median grayscale values are associated with higher complication rates in the perinterventional course. A repeatedly cited limitation of ultrasound is that the single plane used to calculate the median grayscale value is only two dimensional. The goal of this study was to compare the median grayscale value as determined using two dimensional cuts versus three dimensional data sets.
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