A method for measuring the variation of intima-media thickness during the entire cardiac cycle using B-mode images

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2126-2129

  Nilsson, Tobias ^a   Ahlgren, Åsa Rydén ^a   Jansson, Tomas ^a   Persson, Hans W ^a   Lindström, Kjell ^a   Nilsson, Jan ^a   Cinthio, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carotid artery; intima media compression; intima media thickness; longitudinal movement; non invasive ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGLE VARIATION; ARTERIAL WALL; B-MODE IMAGES; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; IN-VIVO; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENTS; MANUAL TRACING; MEAN AGES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SEMI-AUTOMATICS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

HEART;

EID: 84869054587     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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