Computerized analysis of ultrasound images: Potential associations between texture and motion properties of the diseased arterial wall

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 691-694

  Gastounioti, A ^a   Golemati, S ^b   Nikita, K S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

atherosclerotic plaque; B mode ultrasound; Carotid; motion; Spearman rank correlation; texture

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MOTION; SECOND ORDER STATISTICS; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ULTRASONICS;

TEXTURES;

EID: 84882337883     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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