Evaluation of carotid plaque echogenicity based on the integral of the cumulative probability distribution using gray-scale ultrasound images

• Xiaowei Huang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China, Shenzhen College of Advanced Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

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• Yanling Zhang,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Long Meng,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

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• Derek Abbott,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, and School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

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• Ming Qian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

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• Kelvin K. L. Wong,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, New South Wales, NSW, Australia

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• Rongqing Zheng,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Hairong Zheng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

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• Lili Niu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ll.niu@siat.ac.cn

  Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8865-1654

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