Automatic measurement of carotid diameter and wall thickness in ultrasound images

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2002, Pages 359-362

  Gutierrez, Marco Antonio ^a,b   Pilon, P E ^a   Lage, S G ^a   Kopel, L ^a   Carvalho, R T ^a   Furuie, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ERROR DETECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTERIAL MORPHOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0036955032     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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