@article {Tellapuri:2021:2637-8329:38,
title = "Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Assessment of Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease: A Review",
journal = "Neurographics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://asnr/ng",
publishercode ="asnr",
year = "2021",
volume = "11",
number = "1",
publication date ="2021-01-01T00:00:00",
pages = "38-48",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "2637-8329",
eissn = "2637-8329",
url = "https://asnr.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/asnr/ng/2021/00000011/00000001/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.3174/ng.2000026",
keyword = "IMT = intima-media thickness, ECST = European Carotid Surgery Trial, SVR = systolic velocity ratio, NASCET = North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial, DVR = diastolic velocity ratio, MB = microbubble, CEUS = contrast-enhanced ultrasound",
author = "Tellapuri, S. and Sutphin, P.D. and Kalva, S.P. and Mattrey, R.F.",
abstract = "Contrast-enhanced sonography is a safe, radiation-free, and minimally invasive imaging technique. It takes advantage of the nonlinear behavior of microbubble contrast agents to produce microbubble-only images, which allows for the assessment of the extracranial carotid arteries, with
a minuscule total dose of 
Learning Objective: Describe risk factors associated with ischemic stroke
and the associated imaging features and how contrast-enhanced sonography can provide direct evaluation for carotid artery stenosis as well as characterization of atherosclerotic plaque.",
}