Why the study?
Does computer-assisted ultrasound image analysis using mean pixel value accurately characterize atherosclerotic plaques compared to histology?
Population
26 subjects total: 9 subjects for initial setting optimization, and 17 patients for carotid plaque analysis.
Comparison
Computer-assisted image analysis of ultrasound… vs Histological findings of the carotid specimens
Design
Cross-sectional
Key result
Computer-assisted ultrasound image analysis using mean pixel value correlated significantly with histological findings of carotid plaques (P=0.002).
Authors
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May support noninvasive plaque assessment; leaves open clinical utility pending prospective validation.
Observational (n=26)
Does computer-assisted ultrasound image analysis using mean pixel value accurately characterize atherosclerotic plaques compared to histology?
p-value: p=0.002
Computer-assisted ultrasound image analysis using mean pixel value correlates significantly with histology and may be a reliable technique to identify unstable atherosclerotic plaques.
Aly et al. (2000) conducted an observational in Atherosclerotic plaque (n=26). Computer-assisted ultrasound image analysis vs. Histological findings was evaluated on Correlation between mean pixel value and histological findings (p=0.002). Computer-assisted ultrasound image analysis using mean pixel value correlated significantly with histological findings of carotid plaques (P=0.002).
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