Assessment of intima-media thickness of carotid arteries: Evaluation of an automated computer software

Neuroradiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 849-853

  Puchner, Stefan ^a   Reiter, Markus ^a   Baros, Christos ^a   Minar, Erich ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a   Bucek, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated; Carotid; Computer software; Intima media thickness; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 52949114168     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-008-0405-7     Document Type: Article

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