Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 218-226 , February 2010

Percentage White: A New Feature for Ultrasound Classification of Plaque Echogenicity in Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis

  • Ulrica Prahl

      Affiliations

    • Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ulrica Prahl, The Wallenberg Laboratory, SU/S, S-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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  • Peter Holdfeldt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Signal and Systems, Imaging and Image Analysis Group at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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  • Göran Bergström

      Affiliations

    • Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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  • Björn Fagerberg

      Affiliations

    • Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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  • Johannes Hulthe

      Affiliations

    • Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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  • Tomas Gustavsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Signal and Systems, Imaging and Image Analysis Group at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Received 9 March 2009 ,Revised 20 August 2009 ,Accepted 3 October 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)01558-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.002

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 218-226 , February 2010

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