Validation of a Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for the Automatic Identification of Carotid Atherosclerosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 509-516

  Bonanno, Lilla ^a   Marino, Silvia ^a,b   Bramanti, Placido ^a   Sottile, Fabrizio ^c  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD system; Carotid atherosclerosis; Ultrasound image; Watershed segmentation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; CAD SYSTEM; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84922638668     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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