An Automated, Interactive Analysis System for Ultrasound Sequences of the Common Carotid Artery

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1440-1450

  Teynor, Alexandra ^a   Caviezel, Seraina ^a   Dratva, Julia ^a,b   Künzli, Nino ^a,b   Schmidt Trucksäss, Arno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automatic ultrasound analysis; Common carotid artery; Dual dynamic programming; Interactive system; Intima media thickness; Lumen diameter

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC ULTRASOUND ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DUAL DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; LUMEN DIAMETER;

RADIOLOGY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATION; B SCAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863084183     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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