Nonrigid registration of three-dimensional ultrasound and magnetic resonance images of the carotid arteries

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-385

  Nanayakkara, Nuwan D ^a,b   Chiu, Bernard ^a,b   Samani, Abbas ^b   Spence, J David ^a,b   Samarabandu, Jagath ^b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atheroscleroses; Carotid plaque; Magnetic resonance (MR); Registration; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; BRAIN; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DISEASES; ERRORS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ATHEROSCLEROSES; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID PLAQUES; NON-RIGID REGISTRATION ALGORITHMS; NONRIGID IMAGE REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ERROR; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 59249096210     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3056458     Document Type: Article

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