Book contents
- Manual of Neurosonology
- Manual of Neurosonology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Ultrasound principles
- 2 Cervical arterial insonation
- 3 Carotid wall imaging
- 4 Endothelial function testing
- 5 Atherosclerotic carotid disease
- Introduction
- Anatomy and pathophysiology
- Technique
- Scanning tips
- New directions
- Introduction
- Contrast ultrasound exam execution: machine set-up and protocol
- Image interpretation
- Future directions
- Introduction
- Radiologic and ultrasonic methods
- Focused questions
- Anatomy and hemodynamics of carotid artery stenotic disease
- Ultrasonic modalities
- Tips for imaging and estimating velocities
- Steps of investigation
- Discussion and further directions
- 5A Carotid ultrasound imaging
- 5B Contrast-enhanced carotid ultrasound and the unstable plaque
- 5C Grading carotid stenosis
- 6 Atherosclerotic vertebral artery disease
- 7 Cervical artery dissection
- 8 Cervical artery vasculitides
- 9 Transcranial insonation
- 10 Intracranial stenosis/occlusion
- 11 Extracranial and intracranial collateral pathways
- 12 Acute ischemic stroke
- 13 Intracranial perfusion imaging
- 14 Sonothrombolysis
- 15 Microembolic signal detection
- 16 Right-to-left shunt detection
- 17 Cerebral autoregulation
- 18 Vasomotor reactivity
- 19 Functional transcranial ultrasound
- 20 Neuromonitoring using transcranial Doppler under critical care conditions
- 21 Cerebral circulatory arrest
- 22 Intracranial venous ultrasound
- 23 Cervical venous ultrasound
- 24 Brain parenchyma imaging
- 25 Neuro-orbital ultrasound
- 26 Ultrasound of the nerves
- Index
- References
5A - Carotid ultrasound imaging
from 5 - Atherosclerotic carotid disease
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2016
Book contents
- Manual of Neurosonology
- Manual of Neurosonology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Ultrasound principles
- 2 Cervical arterial insonation
- 3 Carotid wall imaging
- 4 Endothelial function testing
- 5 Atherosclerotic carotid disease
- Introduction
- Anatomy and pathophysiology
- Technique
- Scanning tips
- New directions
- Introduction
- Contrast ultrasound exam execution: machine set-up and protocol
- Image interpretation
- Future directions
- Introduction
- Radiologic and ultrasonic methods
- Focused questions
- Anatomy and hemodynamics of carotid artery stenotic disease
- Ultrasonic modalities
- Tips for imaging and estimating velocities
- Steps of investigation
- Discussion and further directions
- 5A Carotid ultrasound imaging
- 5B Contrast-enhanced carotid ultrasound and the unstable plaque
- 5C Grading carotid stenosis
- 6 Atherosclerotic vertebral artery disease
- 7 Cervical artery dissection
- 8 Cervical artery vasculitides
- 9 Transcranial insonation
- 10 Intracranial stenosis/occlusion
- 11 Extracranial and intracranial collateral pathways
- 12 Acute ischemic stroke
- 13 Intracranial perfusion imaging
- 14 Sonothrombolysis
- 15 Microembolic signal detection
- 16 Right-to-left shunt detection
- 17 Cerebral autoregulation
- 18 Vasomotor reactivity
- 19 Functional transcranial ultrasound
- 20 Neuromonitoring using transcranial Doppler under critical care conditions
- 21 Cerebral circulatory arrest
- 22 Intracranial venous ultrasound
- 23 Cervical venous ultrasound
- 24 Brain parenchyma imaging
- 25 Neuro-orbital ultrasound
- 26 Ultrasound of the nerves
- Index
- References
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