Detection of the intima and media layer thickness of ultrasound common carotid artery image using efficient active contour segmentation technique

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1299-1310

  Santhiyakumari, N ^a   Rajendran, P ^a   Madheswaran, M ^b   Suresh, S ^c  

^a K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MUTHAYAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c MediScan Systems Chennai   (India)

Author keywords

Active contour (AC); B mode ultrasound (US) image; Common carotid artery (CCA); Improved dynamic programming; Intima media thickness (IMT)

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; ACTIVE CONTOUR (AC); ACTIVE CONTOUR SEGMENTATION; B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTOUR SEGMENTATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING METHODS; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; MEDIA LAYERS; REGION IDENTIFICATION; REGION OF INTEREST IDENTIFICATIONS; SPECKLE REDUCTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

DISEASES; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455234965     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-011-0800-9     Document Type: Article

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