Three-dimensional registration of histology of human atherosclerotic carotid plaques to in-vivo imaging

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2087-2092

  Groen, Harald C ^a   van Walsum, Theo ^a   Rozie, Sietske ^a   Klein, Stefan ^a   van Gaalen, Kim ^a   Gijsen, Frank J H ^a   Wielopolski, Piotr A ^a   van Beusekom, Heleen M M ^a   de Crom, Rini ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a   van der Steen, Antonius F W ^a   van der Lugt, Aad ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Histology; Image registration; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; 3D-REGISTRATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS; CAROTID BIFURCATION; CAROTID PLAQUES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CROSS SECTION; HISTOLOGY IMAGES; HISTOLOGY SLICES; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; NON-LINEAR; REGISTRATION PROBLEMS; SCAN DIRECTION; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SPATIAL RELATIONS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; TISSUE PROCESSING;

BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77955282002     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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