Computationally efficient algorithm for the estimation of the intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 465-474

  Turcza, Paweł ^a   Zieliński, Tomasz P ^a   Kwater, Aleksander ^b   Grodzicki, Tomasz ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Intima media thickness; Myocardial infarction; Nonlinear diffusion filtering; Snake; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; IMAGE DENOISING; ITERATIVE METHODS;

INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION FILTERING; SNAKE; STROKE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 78650272898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2010.04.050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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