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Adjusting the input ultrasound image data and the atherosclerotic plaque detection in the carotid artery by the FOTOMNG system

Lačezar LičevDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech RepublicCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jan TomečekDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech RepublicView further author information
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Radim FaranaInstitute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech RepublicView further author information
Pages 567-575 | Received 31 Jan 2014, Accepted 05 Mar 2014, Published online: 10 Jul 2014

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