A state of the art review on intima–media thickness (IMT) measurement and wall segmentation techniques for carotid ultrasound

F Molinari, G Zeng, JS Suri - Computer methods and programs in …, 2010 - Elsevier
Last 10 years have witnessed the growth of many computer applications for the
segmentation of the vessel wall in ultrasound imaging. Epidemiological studies showed that …

The role of penile color-duplex ultrasound for the evaluation of erectile dysfunction

A Aversa, LM Sarteschi - The journal of sexual medicine, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Introduction In the era of orally active agents, dynamic penile color-duplex ultrasound (D-
PCDU) is not considered a necessary first screening for all patients with erectile dysfunction …

Carotid artery wall imaging: perspective and guidelines from the ASNR vessel wall imaging study group and expert consensus recommendations of the American …

L Saba, C Yuan, TS Hatsukami… - American Journal …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Identification of carotid artery atherosclerosis is conventionally based on measurements of
luminal stenosis and surface irregularities using in vivo imaging techniques including …

Vector projectile imaging: Time-resolved dynamic visualization of complex flow patterns

BYS Yiu, SSM Lai, CH Alfred - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Achieving non-invasive, accurate and time-resolved imaging of vascular flow with
spatiotemporal fluctuations is well acknowledged to be an ongoing challenge. In this article …

Deep learning‐based carotid media‐adventitia and lumen‐intima boundary segmentation from three‐dimensional ultrasound images

R Zhou, A Fenster, Y Xia, JD Spence, M Ding - Medical physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Quantification of carotid plaques has been shown to be important for assessing as
well as monitoring the progression and regression of carotid atherosclerosis. Various …

Atherosclerotic plaque tissue characterization in 2D ultrasound longitudinal carotid scans for automated classification: a paradigm for stroke risk assessment

UR Acharya, MRK Mookiah, S Vinitha Sree… - Medical & biological …, 2013 - Springer
In the case of carotid atherosclerosis, to avoid unnecessary surgeries in asymptomatic
patients, it is necessary to develop a technique to effectively differentiate symptomatic and …

Least-squares multi-angle Doppler estimators for plane-wave vector flow imaging

BYS Yiu, CH Alfred - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Designing robust Doppler vector estimation strategies for use in plane-wave imaging
schemes based on unfocused transmissions is a topic that has yet to be studied in depth …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative assessment of carotid plaque morphology (geometry and tissue composition) using computed tomography angiography

MT Chrencik, AA Khan, L Luther, L Anthony… - Journal of vascular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Quantification of carotid plaque morphology (geometry and tissue composition)
may help stratify risk for future stroke and assess plaque progression or regression in …

Toward novel noninvasive and low-cost markers for predicting strokes in asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis: the role of ultrasound image analysis

S Golemati, A Gastounioti… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Stroke is a serious and frequent cerebrovascular disease with an enormous socioeconomic
burden worldwide. Stroke prevention includes treatment of carotid atherosclerosis, the most …

The LDLR deficient mouse as a model for aortic calcification and quantification by micro-computed tomography

Z Awan, M Denis, D Bailey, A Giaid, A Prat, D Goltzman… - Atherosclerosis, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) due mutations in the low-
density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) suffer premature aortic calcification, an effect that is age …