Study report
The study report summarises the results of the documents of the study.
The report includes only the study documents that have a system tag. This is because the tag is necessary to identify the scan view (lateral, posterior or anterior) and the carotid artery (left or right).
The report has te following sections:
Header
Carotid Intima Media Thickness Analysis
Carotid Distensibility Analysis
Carotid Plaque Analysis
Notes
Exam documents
Details
Header
The header contains the patient Name, gender and age, and the logo of the institute. The logo can be set in Institutes management.
Carotid Intima Media Thickness Analysis
This section reports a mean value of carotid IMT that is obtained as the average of the IMT values contained in the documents included in the report. Both documents of "IMT" type and "Stiffness and IMT" type are used to compute this value. The carotid IMT value is compared with reference values published in Lian Engelen et.al. “Reference intervals for common carotid intima media thickness measured with echotracking: relation with risk factors.” European Heart Journal (2013) 34, 2368-2380. The percentile of the carotid IMT value is reported. The arterial age value, which is calculated as the value at which the IMT value corresponds to the 50-th percentile of the reference population, is also reported.
This section will be present in the report only if data are available, i.e. if the report includes documents of "IMT" type and/or "Stiffness and IMT" type.
Carotid Distensibility Analysis
This section reports a mean value of carotid distensibility that is obtained as the average of the distensibility values contained in the documents included in the report. Documents of "Stiffness and IMT" type are used to compute this value. The carotid distensibility value is compared with reference values published in Lian Engelen et.al. "Reference values for local arterial stiffness. Part A: carotid artery" J Hypertension 2015 Oct. 33(10):1981-96. The percentile of the carotid distensibility value is reported.
This section will be present in the report only if data are available, i.e. if the report includes documents of "Stiffness and IMT" type, where the distensibility is computed.
Carotid Plaque Analysis
This section reports the maximum value of th e linear stenosis fo r both the left and the right carotid. Documents of "Plaque" type are used to compute this value.
This section will be present in the report only if data are available, i.e. if the report includes documents of "Plaque" type.
Notes
This section contains the study notes that can be set in the Study view window (see Studies management).
Exam documents
This section contains a summary of the results of all the documents included in the report.
Details
This section contains details on the Patient, Study and Institute data.