Ultrasound image texture analysis of the intima and media layers of the common carotid artery and its correlation with age and gender

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Loizou, C P ^a   Pantziaris, M ^b   Pattichis, M S ^c,d   Kyriacou, E ^e   Pattichis, C S ^f  

^a School of Sciences   (Cyprus)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Computer Science   (Cyprus)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Initma media layer; Intima layer; Media layer; Stroke; Texture analysis; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; INITMA-MEDIA LAYER; INTIMA LAYER; MEDIA LAYER; STROKE; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND IMAGE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; RISK ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING INTERMETALLICS; TEXTURES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 63149168898     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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