title: Carotid disease: automated analysis with cardiac-gated three-dimensional US technique and preliminary results.
abstract: Automatic analysis was performed of four-dimensional ultrasonographic (US) data in the carotid artery. The data, which were acquired in 31 subjects (eight healthy volunteers and 23 patients) by using a US scanner fitted with a special probe, were successfully processed. Acquisition time averaged 12 minutes. Data for all healthy volunteers (n = 8) and patients with complete occlusions (n = 3) were correctly classified. Data for two of the 12 patients with mild to severe (but not occlusive) disease were misclassified by one category.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucas Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy [MRS] Center P-287, Stanford, CA 94305-5488, USA. snapel@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Napel
authors.forename: Haobo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Paik
authors.forename: Barbra A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Thilaka S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Sumanaweera
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hossack
authors.forename: R Brooke
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods