Classification of atherosclerotic carotid plaques using morphological analysis on ultrasound images.
Edward KyriacouMarios S. PattichisConstantinos S. PattichisAndreas MavrommatisChristina I. ChristodoulouStavros K. KakkosAndrew NicolaidesPublished in: Appl. Intell. (2009)
Keyphrases
- ultrasound images
- carotid artery
- morphological analysis
- speckle noise
- fully automated
- deformable models
- echocardiographic images
- feature vectors
- edge detection
- feature extraction
- region growing
- medical ultrasound
- ultrasound imaging
- active contour segmentation
- image segmentation
- active shape model
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ultrasound probe
- co occurrence