Accurate and automatic carotid plaque characterization in contrast enhanced 2-D ultrasound images

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 335-338

  Molinari, Filippo ^a,c   Liboni, William ^d   Pavanelli, Enrica ^d   Giustetto, Pierangela ^e   Badalamenti, Sergio ^f   Suri, Jasjit S ^a,b,g,h  

^a IEEE

^b AIMBE ^*

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d Struttura Complessa di Neurologia   (Italy)

^e GRADENIGO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Image Processing Group   (Italy)

^g Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^h Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PIXELS; PROBABILITY; SURGERY;

AUGMENTED PROBABILITY; SURGICAL INTERVENTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTIMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 57649202064     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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