METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF MICROVESSELS IN ATHEROSCLEROTHIC PLAQUE OF CAROTID ARTERIES Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A61B8/08 A61B5/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention can be used to detect the number of microvessels (MV) in an atherosclerotic plaque (ASP) of carotid arteries. An ultrasound survey is performed with introduction of a contrast agent and recording of duplex scanning of carotid arteries within no more than 5 minutes. 20 frames are identified which are located at the same distance from each other, starting from the first frame of contrast appearance in the plaque. The ASP area is determined in each frame. The image is magnified 1.5-2 times and the number of MV is visually counted within the allocated plaque area. The MV number is summed up in all frames and divided by the total ASP area in all frames, determining the density of MV location per 1 cm of ASP.

EFFECT: method provides high reliability and accuracy of determination of the microvessels number in the atherosclerotic plaque of the carotid arteries due to objective calculation of the microvessels number, as well as an ability to distinguish microvessels from calcium inclusions.

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