A review of computational methods applied for identification and quantification of atherosclerotic plaques in images
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Highlights：
• A review of methodologies developed to analyze atherosclerotic plaques in images is presented.
• The traditional visual analysis of atherosclerotic plaques in images is introduced.
• The segmentation of atherosclerotic plaques in ultrasound, CT and MR images is addressed.
• Techniques of image processing, clustering and classification are reviewed.
• The effectiveness and drawbacks of each technique are discussed.
摘要
•A review of methodologies developed to analyze atherosclerotic plaques in images is presented.•The traditional visual analysis of atherosclerotic plaques in images is introduced.•The segmentation of atherosclerotic plaques in ultrasound, CT and MR images is addressed.•Techniques of image processing, clustering and classification are reviewed.•The effectiveness and drawbacks of each technique are discussed.
论文关键词：Stroke,Medical imaging,Image analysis,Image segmentation
论文评审过程：Received 25 March 2015, Revised 13 October 2015, Accepted 15 October 2015, Available online 20 October 2015, Version of Record 31 October 2015.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2015.10.016
