Title :
An automatic measurement system for the evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness
Author :
Liguori, Consolatina ; Pietrosanto, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Cassino Univ., Italy
Abstract :
In this paper an automatic measurement system for the on-line evaluation of carotid Intima-Media Thickness (IMT) by ultrasound images is presented. The hardware and the software are described in detail highlighting the advantages with respect to actual techniques. Metrological characterization of the realized system allows its accuracy to be estimated
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; computerised instrumentation; medical image processing; thickness measurement; ultrasonic imaging; user interfaces; automatic measurement; carotid intima-media thickness; metrological characterization; on-line evaluation; ultrasound images; user interface; Biomedical imaging; Carotid arteries; Data mining; Hardware; Image edge detection; Image processing; Software measurement; Thickness measurement; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2000. IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5890-2
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2000.846853
