what is IMT? I know latest cypress offers this option.
What are we looking for and what are the criteria of
pathology. 



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> Sonosite, as well as a few other companies make this
> software.
> 
> RR
> 
> 
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:58:42 -0800, stacey guillory 
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> >Which software are you talking about?
> >
> >Stacey
> >
> >--- SUBSCRIBE UVMFLOWNET robert rosner
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> >> I would say that measuring Carotid IMT without
> >> specialized edge-detection
> >> software that is bundled with included
> >> gender/age/race graphs that have been
> >> developed in the course of 20+ years of clinical
> >> research should be
> >> discouraged, to say the least.
> >>
> >> The most commonly conducted Carotid IMT test
> >> requires 3 measurements from
> >> each distal 1cm segment of the CCA using 3
> specific
> >> angulation parameters.
> >> Each measurement consists of about a 1cm segment
> of
> >> the intima-media and
> >> would account for about 100-120 simutaneous AP
> >> measurments that are
> >> analysed and averaged into the other 5 sites. A
> >> final patient specific report is
> >> then generated using the IMT software. Thus, you
> >> should be taking
> >> approximately 600-720 dead-on-balls accurate
> >> measurements of these 6 sites.
> >>
> >> If you are NOT doing at least this for your
> >> patients, then you are doing them a
> >> great disservice.
> >>
> >> RR
> >>
> >> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:35:36 -0600, Lygia Waters
> >> <[log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Hi, is anyone out there measuring CIMT without
> >> using a specific software
> >> program?  If so, how?  If not, why not?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks!
> >> >
> >> >L.Waters, RVT
> >>
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