Reconstruction and quantification of the carotid artery bifurcation from 3-D ultrasound images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-583

  Barratt, Dean C ^a,b   Ariff, Ben B ^c   Humphries, Keith N ^d   McG Thom, Simon A ^c   Hughes, Alun D ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D ultrasound; Carotid artery; Plaque; Quantification; Reconstruction; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION; SCANNING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

3D ULTRASOUND; CAROTID ARTERY; PLAQUE; QUANTIFICATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2542453807     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.825601     Document Type: Article

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