Normalisation of ultrasonic images of atherosclerotic plaques and reproducibility of grey scale median using dedicated software

International Angiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-377

  Griffin, M ^a   Nicolaides, A ^b,c,d   Kyriacou, E ^b  

^a Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre Nicosia   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Image processing, computer assisted; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 38949132162     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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