Inter- and intra-observer variability assessment of in vivo carotid plaque burden quantification using multi-contrast dark blood MR images

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 113, Issue , 2005, Pages 384-393

  Zhang, Shaoxiong ^a   Suri, Jasjit S ^a   Salvado, Olivier ^a   Chen, Yiping ^a   Wacker, Frank K ^a   Wilson, David L ^a   Duerk, Jeffrey L ^a   Lewin, Jonathan S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic disease; carotid boundary tracing; evaluation; image quality rating; image segmentation; inter observer variability assessment; intra observer; maximum wall area; statistical analysis; wall volume

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; TITRATION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY TRACING; EVALUATION; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRA-OBSERVER; MAXIMUM WALL AREA; QUALITY RATINGS; WALL VOLUME;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 74049151874     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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