An integrated system for the segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 661-667

  Loizou, Christos P ^a   Pattichis, Constantinos S ^b   Pantziaris, Marios ^c   Nicolaides, Andrew ^d  

^a School of Sciences   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^d Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Center   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid plaque; Snakes; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; GRADIENT VECTOR FLOW; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SNAKES SEGMENTATION METHODS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 36349029691     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2006.890019     Document Type: Article

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