Novel methodology for 3D reconstruction of carotid arteries and plaque characterization based upon magnetic resonance imaging carotid angiography data

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1068-1082

  Sakellarios, Antonis I ^a   Stefanou, Kostas ^b   Siogkas, Panagiotis ^a   Tsakanikas, Vasilis D ^b   Bourantas, Christos V ^c   Athanasiou, Lambros ^a   Exarchos, Themis P ^b   Fotiou, Evangelos ^d   Naka, Katerina K ^a,e   Papafaklis, Michail I ^f   Patterson, Andrew J ^g   Young, Victoria E L ^g   Gillard, Jonathan H ^g   Michalis, Lampros K ^a,e   Fotiadis, Dimitrios I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d Dd Synergy Hellas   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque characterization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL EXPERT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; WILLIAM INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866144703     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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