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High resolution real time ultrasound of the carotid bifurcation
Author(s) -
Cooperberg P. L.,
Robertson W. D.,
Fry P.,
Sweeney V.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870070107
Subject(s) - carotid bifurcation , medicine , ultrasound , stenosis , bifurcation , radiology , scanner , nuclear medicine , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system , computer science
We have been using a high resolution real time ultrasound mechanical sector scanner to visualize the carotid bifurcation. Twenty‐six patients were studied before carotid arteriography for transient ischemic attacks. One bifurcation was not adequately visualized. Of the remaining 51, plaques were identified correctly in 29; absence of plaques was identified correctly in 15; small plaques were demonstrated by ultrasound in two that did not appear on the arteriogram; and four small plaques and one significant stenosis were not identified by ultrasound.