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A computer-generated 1-cm electronic ruler is placed above far wall intima-media complex proximal to the carotid artery bulb. Automated computerized edge detection identifies lumen-intima and media-adventitia edges across which intima-media thickness is determined by averaged distances between paired pixels of computer-defined edges along span of electronic ruler.
