Automatic Localization of Intimal and Adventitial Carotid Artery Layers with Noninvasive Ultrasound: A Novel Algorithm Providing Scan Quality Control

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 467-479

  Rossi, Alessandro C ^a,b   Brands, Peter J ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^b  

^a Esaote   (Italy)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Diameter; Edge detection; Intima media thickness; Segmentation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; ARTERIAL DYNAMICS; AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION; BARYCENTERS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CENTRAL MOMENTS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIGITAL VIDEOS; FIRST ORDER; IN-VIVO; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; MULTISCALES; NOVEL ALGORITHM; REFERENCE FUNCTIONS; RF DATA; ROBUST ESTIMATE; SCAN-PLANES; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; SONOGRAPHERS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ULTRASOUNDS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WAVE FORMS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC DELAY LINES; ULTRASONICS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

EDGE DETECTION;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749109541     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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