Validation of 3D Ultrasound Vessel Wall Volume: An Imaging Phenotype of Carotid Atherosclerosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 905-914

  Egger, Micaela ^a,b   Spence, J David ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Atherosclerosis; Carotid plaque; Carotid ultrasound; Vessel wall volume

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID PLAQUE; CAROTID ULTRASOUND; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATION (COV); INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS (ICC); VESSEL WALL VOLUME;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34249278783     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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