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Automated Measurement of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness

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Atherosclerosis is a degenerative process that, during years, leads to the accumulation of lipids and other blood-borne materials into the arterial walls.1 The most important consequences correlated to the progression of atherosclerosis are: (1) the narrowing of the artery lumen, (2) the thickening of the wall, (3) the loss of elasticity, and (4) the reduction of the artery blood flow.

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  1. BioLab, Department of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Filippo Molinari

  2. Global Biomedical Technologies Inc. (Affiliated with Idaho State University), Roseville, CA, USA

    Jasjit S. Suri

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  1. Imperial College, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

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  2. , Dept. Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-6410, Washington, USA

    Kirk W. Beach

  3. Dept. Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Kallipoleos Street 75, Nicosia, 1678, Cyprus

    Efthivoulos Kyriacou

  4. Dept. Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Kallipoleos Street 75, Nicosia, 1678, Cyprus

    Constantinos S. Pattichis

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Molinari, F., Suri, J.S. (2011). Automated Measurement of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness. In: Nicolaides, A., Beach, K., Kyriacou, E., Pattichis, C. (eds) Ultrasound and Carotid Bifurcation Atherosclerosis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-688-5_11

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