Semi-automated segmentation of carotid artery total plaque volume from three dimensional ultrasound carotid imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8317, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Buchanan, D ^a,b   Gyacskov, I ^a   Ukwatta, E ^a,b   Lindenmaier, T ^a   Fenster, A ^a,b   Parraga, G ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Carotid atherosclerosis; Segmentation; Semi automated; Total plaque volume; Validation

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; SEMI-AUTOMATED; TOTAL PLAQUE VOLUME; VALIDATION;

DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 84860778106     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.912880     Document Type: Conference Paper

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