Automatic detection of the intima-media thickness in ultrasound images of the common carotid artery using neural networks
✍ Scribed by Menchón-Lara, Rosa-María; Bastida-Jumilla, María-Consuelo; Morales-Sánchez, Juan; Sancho-Gómez, José-Luis
- Book ID
- 125372425
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 752 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1741-0444
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