Automatic segmentation and plaque characterization in atherosclerotic carotid artery MR images

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 227-234

  Adame, I M ^a   Van Der Geest, R J ^a   Wasserman, B A ^b   Mohamed, M A ^b   Reiber, J H C ^a   Lelieveldt, B P F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque composition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4444294114     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-003-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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