title: Three-Dimensional and Conventional Carotid Ultrasound for Assessment of Carotid Plaque in a Stroke Patient: A Simple Way to Validate Findings.
abstract: Single-sweep automated 3-D ultrasound is a new imaging modality for the assessment of carotid plaque. Its most important application is the measurement of the plaque volume. To our knowledge, to date there is not a widely accepted "gold standard" to validate 3-D plaque volume measurement. We compared the findings of 2-dimensional and 3-D carotid ultrasound imaging with those of postsurgical plaque specimen using a simple method.
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Hayrapet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kalashyan
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Maher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saqqur
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: harald@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Becher
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Cian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Kelly
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Romanchuk
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Khurshid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jeerakathil
authors.affiliation: Royal Alexandria Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wassef
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Ashfaq
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shuaib
mesh_terms: D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*