Carotid stenosis assessment with multi-detector CT angiography: Comparison between manual and automatic segmentation methods

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 899-905

  Zhu, Chengcheng ^a   Patterson, Andrew J ^a   Thomas, Owen M ^a   Sadat, Umar ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D segmentation; Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Multi detector CT angiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION METHOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MANUAL SEGMENTATION METHOD; MORBIDITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84877922273     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0148-8     Document Type: Article

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