Carotid artery wall motion analysis from B-mode ultrasound using adaptive block matching: In silico evaluation and in vivo application

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 8647-8661

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

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BLOCK MATCHING; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; IMAGE INTENSITIES; LONGITUDINAL SHEAR; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; RELATIVE MOVEMENT; RISK STRATIFICATION; WALL MOTION ANALYSIS;

MOTION COMPENSATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SHEAR STRAIN;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84890422320     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/24/8647     Document Type: Article

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