Detection of Lumen-Intima Interface of Posterior Wall for Measurement of Elasticity of the Human Carotid Artery

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-108

  Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^a   Kanai, Hiroshi ^a   Koiwa, Yoshiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; ELASTICITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COST FUNCTIONS; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY (PWV);

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTIMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 1342345862     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2004.1268471     Document Type: Article

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