Automated versus manual segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque volume and components in CTA: Associations with cardiovascular risk factors

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 877-887

  Vukadinovic, Danijela ^a   Rozie, Sietske ^a   Van Gils, Marjon ^a   Van Walsum, Theo ^a   Manniesing, Rashindra ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Automated segmentation; Cardiovascular risk factors; Carotid artery; Multidetector CT angiography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION ATHEROSCLEROTIC CAROTID PLAQUE VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANUAL SEGMENTATION ATHEROSCLEROTIC CAROTID PLAQUE VOLUME; MEDICAL HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VALIDITY;

AGED; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84865291327     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9890-6     Document Type: Article

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