Operator dependence of 3-D ultrasound-based computational fluid dynamics for the carotid bifurcation

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-456

  Glor, Fadi P ^a   Ariff, Ben ^b   Hughes, Alun D ^b   Verdonck, Pascal R ^a   Thom, Simon A McG ^b   Barratt, Dean C ^c   Xu, X Y ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 d vessel reconstruction; Carotid bifurcation; Image segmentation; Image based flow measurements; Operator dependence; Subject specific modeling; Three dimensional ultrasound (3DUS); Vascular imaging; Wall shear stress (WSS)

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASONICS;

3-D VESSEL RECONSTRUCTION; CAROTID BIFURCATION; IMAGE BASED FLOW; OPERATOR DEPENDENCE; SUBJECT SPECIFIC MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND (3DUS); VASCULAR IMAGING; WALL SHEAR STRESS (WSS);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17444392127     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2005.844173     Document Type: Article

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