Development and validation of an in vivo analysis tool to identify changes in carotid plaque tissue types in serial 3-D ultrasound scans

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-335

  Coleman, D P ^a   Rakebrandt, F ^b   Pugh, N D ^a   Crawford, D C ^a   Woodcock, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; B mode ultrasound; Carotid plaque; Parametric images; Texture analysis; Three dimensional; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEXTURES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CAROTID PLAQUES; IN VIVO ANALYSIS; REGION-OF-INTEREST (ROI); TEXTURAL ALGORITHMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) B-MODE ACQUISITION SYSTEM;

TISSUE;

AGAR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 14744280121     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.12.019     Document Type: Article

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