Background Vascular disease is the second most common cause of dementia. The
prevalence of vascular dementia (VaD) has increased over the past decade. However, there …

Vascular dementia (VD), a cerebrovascular disease which causes cognitive impairment, is
one of the significant factors that affects the quality of senectitude. Atherosclerosis (AS) is a …

Atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid artery is the main cause of ischemic stroke, with a high
incidence rate among people over 65 years. A timely and precise diagnosis can help to …

It is self-evident that financial innovation is a key player in the contemporary economy.
However, its significant importance has largely been overlooked in innovation studies. To fill …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an important role in brain development and
function. Substantial amounts of BDNF are present in peripheral blood, and may serve as …

Pulse wave imaging (PWI) is a non-invasive, ultrasound-based technique, which provides
information on arterial wall stiffness by estimating the pulse wave velocity (PWV) along an …

A multilevel Lagrangian carotid strain imaging algorithm is analyzed to identify
computational bottlenecks for implementation on a graphics processing unit (GPU) …

Ultrasound vascular strain imaging has shown its potential to interrogate the motion of the
vessel wall induced by the cardiac pulsation for predicting plaque instability. In this study, a …

OBJECTIVE To explore the hypothesis that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) by removing an
unstable plaque may slow the course of vascular cognitive decline in both symptomatic and …

Identifying atherosclerotic disease is the mainstay for the correct diagnosis of the large artery
atherosclerosis ischemic stroke subtype and for choosing the right therapeutic strategy in …