Carotid artery ultrasound texture, cardiovascular risk factors, and subclinical arterial disease: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA).

CONCLUSION: These findings support the potential use of the ultrasound texture contrast for evaluating arterial injury and CVD risk. Advances in knowledge: This paper contributes to the literature in that it describes how the 26 grayscale texture feature "contrast" is related to CVD risk factors.
PMID: 29308915 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Radiology - January 8, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Mitchell CC, Korcarz CE, Tattersall MC, Gepner AD, Young RL, Post WS, Kaufman JD, McClelland RL, Stein JH Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research