The carotid artery is a critical blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain, and its health and
function are essential for preventing cardiovascular diseases such as stroke. Ultrasound …

B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

Stroke and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) significantly affect the world population. The
early detection of such events may prevent the burden of death and costly surgery …

With the development of theories and technologies in medical imaging, most of the tumors
can be detected in the early stage. However, the nature of ovarian cysts lacks accurate …

Motivation The early screening of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) can lead to effective
treatment. Thus, accurate and reliable atherosclerotic carotid wall detection and plaque …

This chapter introduces a polling-based principal component analysis strategy embedded in
the machine-learning framework to select and retain dominant features, resulting in superior …

Stroke risk stratification based on grayscale morphology of the ultrasound carotid wall has
recently been shown to have a promise in classification of high risk versus low risk plaque or …

This paper proposes a computer-aided diagnosis tool for the early detection of
atherosclerosis. This pathology is responsible for major cardiovascular diseases, which are …

Atherosclerosis is responsible for a large proportion of cardiovascular diseases (CVD),
which are the leading cause of death in the world. The atherosclerotic process is a complex …

The determination of the wall thickness [intima–media thickness (IMT)], the delineation of the
atherosclerotic carotid plaque, the measurement of the diameter in the common carotid …