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B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging Characterization of Atherosclerosis

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Atherosclerotic Plaques

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At present, prevention of atherosclerosis, or the effective inhibition of the lesion progression, remains a primary medical research objective (1). In the past 50 years efforts have been made to study and understand the atherosclerotic process, and have resulted in several achievements in basic sciences, epidemiology and medical management of the disease. Using experimental and animal models, specific therapies have been developed and tested and offer promising perspectives. However, it would be of great help to detect the morphological characteristics of atherosclerosis non-invasively and during plaque evolution in human arteries.

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  1. Division of Vascular Ultrasound Research, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Stroke Research Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 300 South Hawthorne Road, 27103, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    M. Mercuri, M. G. Bond, H. L. Strickland, W. J. Bo & C. P. Purvis

  2. Department of Pathology, and Stroke Research Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 300 South Hawthorne Road, 27103, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    V. Challa

  3. II Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, 06100, Perugia, Italy

    M. Mercuri

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

    Robert W. Wissler  & Gertrud Friedman  & 

  2. Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

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Mercuri, M., Bond, M.G., Strickland, H.L., Bo, W.J., Purvis, C.P., Challa, V. (1991). B-Mode Ultrasound Imaging Characterization of Atherosclerosis. 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_16

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