Functional cardiovascular ultrasound imaging: Quantification of plaque vulnerability and cardiac function

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1610-1613

  De Korte, C L ^a   Lopata, R G P ^a,b,c   Hansen, H H G ^a   Nillesen, M M ^a   Idzenga, T ^a   Kapusta, L ^a   Thijssen, J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiac function; elastography; image segmentation; plaque characterization; strain imaging; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR APPLICATIONS; ELASTOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE IMAGE; PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION; STRAIN IMAGING; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 80055051326     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2011.5872711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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