Image analysis for detection of coronary artery soft plaques in mdct images

2008 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Proceedings, ISBI

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-28

  Renard, Félix ^a   Yang, Yongyi ^b  

^a UMR 7005   (France)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; MDCT images; Vessel tracking; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; MDCT IMAGES; VESSEL TRACKING; VULNERABLE PLAQUE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 51049115550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2008.4540923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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