Carotid artery segmentation in ultrasound images and measurement of intima-media thickness

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Naik, Vaishali ^a   Gamad, R S ^a   Bansod, P P ^a  

^a SHRI G S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PREDICTION; REVIEW; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84880165259     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/801962     Document Type: Review

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