Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 905-914 , June 2007

Validation of 3D Ultrasound Vessel Wall Volume: An Imaging Phenotype of Carotid Atherosclerosis

  • Micaela Egger

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • J. David Spence

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Clinic, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Aaron Fenster

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Grace Parraga

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Grace Parraga, PhD, Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, P.O. Box 5015, 100 Perth Drive, London, Ontario, Canada N5Y 2V3.

Received 4 October 2006 ,Revised 19 January 2007 ,Accepted 31 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.01.013

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 905-914 , June 2007

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