A Semi-Automated Algorithm for Quantification of Vessel Wall Angiogenesis Associated with Early Atherosclerosis Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 743-746

  Morawski, A M ^a   Winter, P M ^a   Caruthers, S D ^a,b   Williams, T A ^a   Allen, J S ^a   Fuhrhop, R W ^a   Lanza, G M ^a   Wickline, S A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOLAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 1542332546     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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