Carotid automated ultrasound double line extraction system (CADLES) via Edge-Flow

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 575-578

  Meiburger, Kristen M ^a   Molinari, Filippo ^a   Zeng, Guang ^b   Saba, Luca ^c   Suri, Jasjit S ^d,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED METHODS; AUTOMATIC TECHNIQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; DOUBLE LINE; EDGE FLOW TECHNIQUE; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; PROBABILITY MAPS;

ALGORITHMS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AUTOMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861924310     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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