Analysis and quantification of arterial wall motion from B-mode ultrasound images - Comparison of block-matching and optical flow

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 4469-4472

  Stoitsis, J ^a   Golemati, S ^a   Dimopoulos, A K ^a   Nikita, K S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Block matching; Carotid atherosclerosis; Motion; Optical flow; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; MOTION ESTIMATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CAROTID ATHEROMATOUS PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; OPTICAL FLOW; PLAQUE MOTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 33846903339     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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