Semiautomated analysis of carotid artery wall thickness in MRI.

Purpose: To develop a semiautomatic method based on level set method (LSM) for carotid arterial wall thickness (CAWT) measurement.

Materials And Methods: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of diseased carotid arteries was acquired from 10 patients. Ground truth (GT) data for arterial wall segmentation was collected from three experienced vascular clinicians.

Automated analysis of intima-media thickness: analysis and performance of CARES 3.0.

Objectives: In recent years, the use of computer-based techniques has been advocated to improve intima-media thickness (IMT) quantification and its reproducibility. The purpose of this study was to test the diagnostic performance of a new IMT automated algorithm, CARES 3.0, which is a patented class of IMT measurement systems called AtheroEdge (AtheroPoint, LLC, Roseville, CA).

Semiautomated and automated algorithms for analysis of the carotid artery wall on computed tomography and sonography: a correlation study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare automated and semiautomated algorithms for analysis of carotid artery wall thickness and intima-media thickness on multidetector row computed tomographic (CT) angiography and sonography, respectively, and to study the correlation between them.

Methods: Twenty consecutive patients underwent multidetector row CT angiographic and sonographic analysis of carotid arteries (mean age, 66 years; age range, 59-79 years). The intima-media thickness of the 40 carotid arteries was measured with novel and dedicated automated software analysis and by 4 observers who manually calculated the intima-media thickness.

Comparison between manual and automated analysis for the quantification of carotid wall by using sonography. A validation study with CT.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to compare manual and automated analysis for the quantification of carotid wall obtained with sonography by using the computed tomography as validation technique.

Material And Methods: 21 consecutive patients underwent MDCTA and ultrasound analysis of carotid arteries (mean age 68 years; age range 59-81 years). The intima-media-thickness (IMT) of the 42 carotids was measured with novel and dedicated automated software analysis (called AtheroEdge™, Biomedical Technologies, Denver, CO, USA) and by four observers that manually calculated the IMT.