Computerized texture analysis of carotid plaque ultrasonic images can identify unstable plaques associated with ipsilateral neurological symptoms

Angiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-328

  Kakkos, Stavros K ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^a   Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos ^b,c   Daskalopoulou, Stella S ^a,d   Sabetai, Michael M ^a   Pattichis, Constantinos S ^c   Geroulakos, George ^a,g   Griffin, Maura B ^e   Thomas, Dafydd ^f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FREDERICK UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Vascular Noninvasive Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carotid artery plaque; echodensity; stroke; texture analysis; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID PLAQUE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS;

AMAUROSIS FUGAX; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; STROKE;

EID: 79953854527     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710384397     Document Type: Article

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