TABLE 1.
Feature category | Image-based features | Feature explanation | Method to group into artery-based feature |
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Vessel wall thickness | Max wall thickness | Maximum in-plane distance between lumen and outer wall contours along a vector originating from the artery centerline | Maximum among all images |
Mean wall thickness | Mean distance between lumen and outer wall contours | Mean of all images | |
Eccentricity ratio | Max wall thickness/Min wall thickness | Mean of all images | |
Vessel wall area features | Area of vessel wall | Area between the lumen and outer wall contours | Mean of all images |
Area of lumen | Area within the lumen contour | Mean of all images | |
Total vessel area | Area inside the outer wall contour | Mean of all images | |
Normalized wall index | Area of vessel wall / total vessel area × 100% | Mean and maximum of all images |
Abbreviation: FRAPPE, fully automated and robust analysis technique for popliteal artery evaluation.