User-independent plaque characterization and accurate IMT measurement of carotid artery wall using ultrasound

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2404-2407

  Delsanto, Silvia ^c   Molinari, Filippo ^c   Liboni, William ^d   Giustetto, Pierangela ^e   Badalamenti, Sergio ^f   Suri, Jasjit S ^a,b,g,h  

^a IEEE

^b AIMBE Sr ^*

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d Struttura Complessa di Neurologia   (Italy)

^e GRADENIGO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Image Processing Group   (Italy)

^g Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^h Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CAROTID ARTERY WALLS; ECHOGENIC PLAQUES; PATHOLOGIC CAROTID WALL ANALYSIS; PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTIMA; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34047111900     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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