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Journal of Medical Ultrasonics
Published in: Journal of Medical Ultrasonics 4/2009

01-12-2009 | Special Article

Standard method for ultrasound evaluation of carotid artery lesions

Author: Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine

Published in: Journal of Medical Ultrasonics | Issue 4/2009

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This report is aimed at providing standard methods for ultrasound evaluation of carotid artery lesions which will help the diagnosis and treatment of lifestyle- related diseases (diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, smoking, obesity, etc.) and atherosclerotic arterial diseases (cerebrovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, arteriosclerosis obliterans, etc.). …
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Mean blood flow velocity can be calculated in two ways. One is TAV mean, the average of time-averaged velocity, which is used for calculation of blood flow and can be calculated by tracing TAV by automatic tracing function of the device. The other is Vmean, a synonym of time-averaged maximum velocity, which is the time average of maximum velocity calculated by tracing the maximum velocity per second and is used for calculation of pulsatility index (PI).
 
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Metadata
Title
Standard method for ultrasound evaluation of carotid artery lesions
Author
Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Journal of Medical Ultrasonics / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 1346-4523
Electronic ISSN: 1613-2254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-009-0238-y

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