CAUDLES-EF: Carotid automated ultrasound double line extraction system using edge flow

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1059-1077

  Molinari, Filippo ^a   Meiburger, Kristen M ^a   Zeng, Guang ^b   Nicolaides, Andrew ^c,f   Suri, Jasjit S ^d,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d Global Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated measurement; Carotid artery; Carotid imaging; Edge flow; Edge flow operator; Hausdorff distance; Intima media thickness; Intima media thickness measurement; Localization; Multiresolution; Polyline distance; Segmentation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; EDGE FLOW; EDGE-FLOW OPERATOR; HAUSDORFF DISTANCE; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; LOCALIZATION; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; POLYLINE DISTANCE;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTIMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84855579414     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-011-9375-0     Document Type: Article

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