The Current Role of Carotid Duplex Ultrasonography in the Management of Carotid Atherosclerosis: Foundations and Advances

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="fig1a"><td><img alt="187872.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijvm/volume-2012/187872/figures/187872.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Hemorrhagic plaque (dark lipid core, white arrow)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="fig1b"><td><img alt="187872.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijvm/volume-2012/187872/figures/187872.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Calcific plaque (acoustical shadowing, white arrow)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="fig1c"><td><img alt="187872.fig.001c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijvm/volume-2012/187872/figures/187872.fig.001c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Irregular surface (heterogenous)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="fig1d"><td><img alt="187872.fig.001d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijvm/volume-2012/187872/figures/187872.fig.001d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Smooth surface (homogeneous)</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>CDU and plaque morphology (structure and surface characteristics).</table>

International Journal of Vascular Medicine

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