Differentiation of mild and severe stenosis with motion estimation in ultrasound images

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1493-1498

  Mokhtari Dizaji, Manijhe ^a   Montazeri, Mahmood ^b   Saberi, Hajir ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Color Doppler ultrasound; Motion estimation; Stiffness indices

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; STIFFNESS INDICES;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COLOR; DOPPLER EFFECT; EXTRAPOLATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33749529097     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.05.023     Document Type: Article

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