Semi-automatic border detection software for the quantification of arterial lumen, intima-media and adventitia layer thickness with very-high resolution ultrasound

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 283-287

  Sundholm, Johnny ^a   Gustavsson, Tomas ^b   Sarkola, Taisto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adventitia; Border detection software; Intima media; Very high resolution ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALIPER; CHILD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRONIC CALIPER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SEMI AUTOMATIC BORDER DETECTION SOFTWARE; TIBIAL ARTERY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND; ADVENTITIA; ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ARTERIES; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900854032     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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