Automated carotid IMT measurement and its validation in low contrast ultrasound database of 885 patient Indian population epidemiological study: Results of AtheroEdge™ software

International Angiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-53

  Molinari, F ^a   Meiburger, K M ^a   Zeng, G ^b   Saba, L ^c   Rajendra Acharya, U ^d   Famiglietti, L ^c   Georgiou, N ^e,f   Nicolaides, A ^e,f   Sriswan Mamidi, R ^g   Kuper, H ^h   Suri, J S ^i,j  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^e Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Global Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

Automation; Carotid arteries; Carotid intima media thickness; Epidemiologic studies; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FUZZY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858819651     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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