Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 3 pp 2798—2813

Figure 1. 2D-ultrasound images of rabbit carotid arteries at the 12^th week. (A–C) 2D-ultrasound images reveal that obvious atherosclerotic plaques formed on rabbit carotid arterial intima as the arrows show. (D–F) 2D-ultrasound images demonstrate that carotid arteries intima of rabbits treated with normal chow still maintain smoothness as the arrows show.