Spatio-temporal texture (SpTeT) for distinguishing vulnerable from stable atherosclerotic plaque on dynamic contrast enhancement (DCE) MRI in a rabbit model

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wan, Tao ^a,f   Madabhushi, Anant ^a   Phinikaridou, Alkystis ^b   Hamilton, James A ^c   Hua, Ning ^c   Pham, Tuan ^d   Danagoulian, Jovanna ^e   Kleiman, Ross ^e   Buckler, Andrew J ^e  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e Elucid Bioimaging Inc   (United States)

^f BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atherosclerotic plaque; DCE MRI; rabbit model; spatio temporal texture; words

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; ITERATIVE METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DCE-MRI; RABBIT MODELS; SPATIO TEMPORAL; WORDS;

TEXTURES;

VIPER VENOM;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DABOIA RUSSELLII; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT MODEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL TEXTURE; ANIMAL; ARTERY; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RABBITS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84896521745     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4867861     Document Type: Article

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