Quantification of carotid vessel atherosclerosis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6143 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chiu, Bernard ^a   Egger, Micaela ^a   Spence, J David ^b   Parraga, Grace ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid surface reconstruction; Intra observer variability; Plaque thickness map; Student's t test

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; PLAQUE THICKNESS MAP; STUDENT'S T-TEST;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745334979     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.653554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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