Ultrasound semiautomatic versus manual estimation of carotid intima-media thickness: reproducibility and cardiovascular risk stratification.

CONCLUSIONS: Reproducibility of sCIMT was not higher than mCIMT overall but sCIMT was significantly more reproducible than mCIMT for high-IQI cases. sCIMT cannot be used for CVR stratification due to fair concordance with mCIMT, even for high IQI. More research is required to improve image quality and define sCIMT-based thresholds for stratification of CVR. PMID: 32399536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32399536?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medical Ultrasonography - May 15, 2020 Category: Radiology Tags: Med Ultrason Source Type: research