Resolution and SNR effects on carotid plaque classification

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-295

  Ronen, Raphael R ^a,b   Clarke, Sharon E ^a,b   Hammond, Robert R ^a,c   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bayesian classification; Carotid plaque; Multicontrast MRI; SNR

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; BAYESIAN CLASSIFICATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMIES; CAROTID PLAQUES; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; HIGH SIGNALTO-NOISE RATIOS (SNR); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ALGORITHM;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATION; BAYES THEOREM; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARD;

EID: 33746722043     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20956     Document Type: Article

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