Comparison between manual and automated analysis for the quantification of carotid wall by using sonography. A validation study with CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 911-918

  Saba, Luca ^a   Montisci, Roberto ^a   Molinari, Filippo ^b   Tallapally, Niranjan ^c   Zeng, Guang ^d   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a   Suri, Jasjit S ^e,f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Mayo Clinic ^*  (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

^f IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventitia; Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Intima media; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84859961242     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.047     Document Type: Article

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