Automatic evaluation of arterial diameter variation from vascular echographic images

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1621-1629

  Beux, François ^a   Carmassi, Stefano ^a   Salvetti, Maria Vittoria ^a   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^a   Huang, Yale ^a   Taddei, Stefano ^a   Salvetti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial distension; B mode images; Computer assisted image processing; Endothelium dependent response; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

VASCULAR ECHOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; MICROCOMPUTER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035712717     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00450-1     Document Type: Article

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