Atherosclerotic plaque tissue characterization in 2D ultrasound longitudinal carotid scans for automated classification: A paradigm for stroke risk assessment

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 513-523

  Acharya, U Rajendra ^a,b   Mookiah, Muthu Rama Krishnan ^a   Vinitha Sree, S ^c   Afonso, David ^d   Sanches, Joao ^d   Shafique, Shoaib ^e   Nicolaides, Andrew ^f,g   Pedro, L M ^h   Fernandes E Fernandes, J ^h   Suri, Jasjit S ^c,i,j  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c Global Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e CorVasc MDs ^*  (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

ⁱ IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j AtheroPoint LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid ultrasound; Classification; Fuzzy texture; Index; Plaque characterization; Trace transform

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ULTRASOUNDS; INDEX; PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATIONS; TRACE TRANSFORM;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTURES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFIER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA MINING; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPH; FEMALE; FUZZY SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STROKE; METHODOLOGY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84885619871     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-1019-0     Document Type: Article

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