| Abstr. | Abstract |
| art. | Article |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| CAS | Carotid artery stenosis |
| case ctrl. | Case–control |
| Conf. | Conference |
| cross-sec. | Cross-sectional |
| CTA | Computed tomography angiography |
| DSA | Digital subtraction angiography |
| ECST | European Carotid Surgery Trial |
| MRA | Magnetic resonance angiography |
| n | Sample size |
| NASCET | North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial |
| OSI | Oscillatory shear index |
| POC | Proof of concept |
| PRISMA-ScR | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews |
| Quasi | Quasi-experimental design |
| Se | Sensitivity |
| Sp | Specificity |
| STARD | Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies |
| Tech. | Technical study |
| Tur | Turbulence |
| VFI | Vector flow imaging |
| WSS | Wall shear stress |