Characterization of carotid plaques on 3-dimensional ultrasound imaging by registration with multicontrast magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1567-1580

  Chiu, Bernard ^a,b   Shamdasani, Vijay ^c   Entrekin, Robert ^c   Yuan, Chun ^b   Kerwin, William S ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional carotid ultrasound imaging; Carotid plaque components; Multicontrast magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

3-DIMENSIONAL CAROTID ULTRASOUND IMAGING; 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGING; CAROTID PLAQUE COMPONENTS; ITERATIVE CLOSEST POINTS; MULTICONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION ACCURACY; ULTRASOUND CHARACTERIZATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867226687     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.10.1567     Document Type: Article

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