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Quantitative Ultrasonic Imaging of the Atherosclerotic Plaque: In Vitro and Preliminary in Vivo Findings

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Atherosclerotic Plaques

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Ultrasonic tissue characterization of atherosclerosis has been attempted in several studies in vitro1–6. Conventional ultrasound offers morphologic information, and some clue to the identification of plaque structure. However, there is greater potential in ultrasound for the characterization of plaque composition.

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  1. Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Pisa, Via Diotisalvi, 2, Pisa, Italy

    Luigi Landini & Maria Filomena Santarelli

  2. C.N.R. Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via Savi, 8, Pisa, Italy

    Luigi Landini, Eugenio Picano, Pio Urbani, Marco Paterni, Maria Filomena Santarelli, Gualtiero Pelosi, Alessandro Mazzarisi & Antonio Benassi

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  1. University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Robert W. Wissler  & Gertrud Friedman  & 

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Landini, L. et al. (1991). Quantitative Ultrasonic Imaging of the Atherosclerotic Plaque: In Vitro and Preliminary in Vivo Findings. In: Wissler, R.W., Bond, M.G., Mercuri, M., Tanganelli, P., Weber, G., Friedman, G. (eds) Atherosclerotic Plaques. Nato ASI Series, vol 219. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0438-9_9

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