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An Improved Approach for Accurate and Efficient Measurement of Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Ultrasound Images

The intima-media thickness (IMT) of common carotid artery (CCA) can serve as an important indicator for the assessment of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). In this paper an improved approach for automatic IMT measurement with low complexity and high accuracy is presented. 100 ultrasound images from 10...

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Autores principales: Li, Qiang, Zhang, Wei, Guan, Xin, Bai, Yu, Jia, Jing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25215292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/740328