Automatic segmentation of calcified plaques and vessel borders in IVUS images

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 347-354

  Taki, Arash ^a   Najafi, Zahra ^b   Roodaki, Alireza ^b   Setarehdan, S K ^b   Zoroofi, R A ^b   Konig, Andreas ^c   Navab, Nassir ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Border detection; Deformable models; IVUS; Plaque characterization

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49349117336     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-008-0235-4     Document Type: Article

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