We present here an enhancement of our Contour and Speckle Tracking (CST) method,
dedicated to assess the bi-dimensional (radial and longitudinal) movement of the common …

Segmentation of the carotid artery in ultrasound images using frequency-designed B-spline
active contour Page 1 SEGMENTATION OF THE CAROTID ARTERY IN ULTRASOUND …

Purpose The motion of the common carotid artery tissue layers along the vessel axis during
the cardiac cycle, observed in ultrasound imaging, is associated with the presence of …

We present a novel method for detecting the intima and adventitia of carotid artery in B-
mode sonographic images. This method simultaneously detects both layers with the …

Segmentation of carotid plaques in standard B-mode ultrasound is challenging due to
irregular lumen shapes, noise, artifacts, and plaque echolucency. To overcome these …

Transcutaneous ultrasound measurements of common carotid artery (CCA) diameter and
intima-media thickness (IMT) give insight on arterial dynamics and anatomy, both correlating …

Patients with carotid atherosclerotic plaques carry an increased risk of cardiovascular events
such as stroke. Ultrasound has been employed as a standard for diagnosis of carotid …

This work introduces a novel user-independent method to estimate in vivo the two-
dimensional (2D), ie radial and longitudinal, trajectory of B-mode ultrasound (US) …

In standard B-mode ultrasound (BMUS), segmentation of the lumen of atherosclerotic carotid
arteries and studying the lumen geometry over time are difficult owing to irregular lumen …

The robust identification and measurement of the intima media thickness (IMT) has a high
clinical relevance because it represents one of the most precise predictors used in the …