Automated edge-detection technique for measurement of brachial artery reactivity: a comparison of concordance with manual measurements

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1285-1289

  Haluska, Brian ^a   Sutherland, Allison ^a   Case, Colin ^a   Kennedy, Robert ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated edge detection; Brachial reactivity; Vascular function; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; EDGE DETECTION; MANUAL CONTROL;

BRACHIAL ARTERY REACTIVITY (BAR);

CARDIOLOGY;

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

AUTOMATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034813614     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00406-9     Document Type: Article

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