Segmentation and Measurements of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Ultrasound Images Using the Improved Convolutional Neural Network and Support Vector Machine.
Dequan GuoGexiang ZhangHui PengJianying YuanPrithwineel PaulKechang FuMing ZhuPublished in: J. Medical Imaging Health Informatics (2021)
Keyphrases
- carotid artery
- ultrasound images
- convolutional neural network
- support vector machine
- speckle noise
- echocardiographic images
- medical ultrasound
- region growing
- active contour segmentation
- ultrasound imaging
- edge detection
- deformable models
- face detection
- fully automated
- active shape model
- magnetic resonance imaging
- speckle reduction
- feature vectors
- image segmentation
- feature selection
- manual segmentation
- neural network
- video sequences
- multiscale