Greedy technique and its validation for fusion of two segmentation paradigms leads to an accurate intima-media thickness measure in plaque carotid arterial ultrasound

Journal for Vascular Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 63-73

  Molinari, Filippo ^a   Zeng, Guang ^b   Suri, Jasjit S ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Biomedical Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77954522245     PISSN: 15443167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154431671003400201     Document Type: Article

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