Multi-feature-based plaque characterization in ex vivo MRI trained by registration to 3D histology

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 241-256

  Van Engelen, Arna ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^a,b   Klein, Stefan ^a   Groen, Harald C ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   De Bruijne, Marleen ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D REGISTRATION; 3D ROTATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID PLAQUES; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CT IMAGE; DISTANCE FEATURE; EX-VIVO; GRADIENT MAGNITUDE; GROUND TRUTH; HISTOLOGICAL SLICES; HISTOLOGY SLICES; IN-PLANE DEFORMATION; LAPLACIANS; OUTER VESSELS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEMI-AUTOMATICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 83455211771     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/1/241     Document Type: Article

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