Extracranial internal carotid artery calcium volume measurement using computer tomography

• Main Authors: Baradaran, H., Ng., C. R., Gupta, A., Noor, N. M., Al-Dasuqi, K. W., Mtui, E. E., Rijal, O. M., Giannopoulos, A., Nicolaides, A., Laird, J. R., Saba, L., Suri, J. S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Edizioni Minerva Medica 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/81061/; http://dx.doi.org/10.23736/S0392-9590.17.03811-1

BACKGROUND: The extent of calcium volume in the carotid arteries of contrast-based computer tomography (CT) is a valuable indicator of stroke risk. This study presents an automated, simple and fast calcium volume computation system. Since the high contrast agent can sometimes obscure the presence of...