Fully automated segmentation and tracking of the intima media thickness in ultrasound video sequences of the common carotid artery

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 158-177

  Ilea, Dana E ^a   Duffy, Caoimhe ^b,c   Kavanagh, Liam ^b,c   Stanton, Alice ^b,c   Whelan, Paul F ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS PROCESS; ARTERIAL WALL; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; CLINICAL INVESTIGATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; GROUND TRUTH DATA; IMAGING CONDITIONS; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; MODEL BASED APPROACH; NORMALIZED CORRELATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; ROBUST IDENTIFICATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRACKING PROCESS; VIDEO SEQUENCES; VIDEO TRACKING;

ALGORITHMS; ULTRASONICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872036761     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2547     Document Type: Article

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