Manual or semi‐automated edge detection of the maximal far wall common carotid intima–media thickness: a direct comparison

Abstract.  Peters SAE, den Ruijter HM, Palmer MK, Grobbee DE, Crouse JR, O’Leary DH, Evans GW, Raichlen JS, Lind L, Bots ML, on behalf of the METEOR Study Group (University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Keele University, Keele, UK; Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston‐Salem, NC, USA; Caritas Carney Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston‐Salem, NC, USA; AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, USA; and Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden). Manual or semi‐automated edge detection of the maximal far wall common carotid intima–media thickness: a direct comparison. J Intern Med 2012; 271: 247–256.

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