Quantification and visualization of carotid segmentation accuracy and precision using a 2D standardized carotid map

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3671-3703

  Chiu, Bernard ^a   Ukwatta, Eranga ^b,c   Shavakh, Shadi ^b   Fenster, Aaron ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION EVALUATIONS; LEVEL-SET SEGMENTATIONS; LOCAL STANDARD DEVIATION; SEGMENTATION ACCURACY; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; VASCULAR SEGMENTATIONS;

ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878221586     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/11/3671     Document Type: Article

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