Real-time measurement system for the evaluation of the Intima Media Thickness with a new edge detector

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 715-718

  Faita, Francesco ^a   Gemignani, Vincenzo ^a   Bianehini, Elisabetta ^b   Giannarelli, Chiara ^b   Demi, Marcello ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Esaote   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BLAND-ALTMAN ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY (CCA); FIRST ORDER ABSOLUTE MOMENT (FOAM); INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTIMA; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 34047107336     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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