Automated detection of the arterial inner walls of the common carotid artery based on dynamic B-mode signals

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 10601-10619

  Cheng, Da Chuan ^a   Schmidt Trucksäss, Arno ^b   Liu, Chung Hsiang ^c   Liu, Shing Hong ^d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adventitia; CCA; Intima; Media; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; CCA; INTIMA; MEDIA; PLAQUE;

AUTOMATION;

COMPUTER VISION;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTIMA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUNICA MEDIA;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650294247     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101210601     Document Type: Article

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