Recent trends in artificial intelligence-assisted coronary atherosclerotic plaque characterization

A Gudigar, S Nayak, J Samanth… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coronary artery disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Its underlying
histopathology is the atherosclerotic plaque, which comprises lipid, fibrous and—when …

Artificial intelligence in intracoronary imaging

R Fedewa, R Puri, E Fleischman, J Lee… - Current cardiology …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This paper investigates present uses and future potential of
artificial intelligence (AI) applied to intracoronary imaging technologies. Recent Findings …

Automatic detection of atherosclerotic plaque and calcification from intravascular ultrasound images by using deep convolutional neural networks

YC Li, TY Shen, CC Chen, WT Chang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Atherosclerosis is the major cause of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Intravascular
ultrasound (IVUS) is a common imaging modality for diagnosing CVDs. However, an …

A domain enriched deep learning approach to classify atherosclerosis using intravascular ultrasound imaging

ML Olender, LS Athanasiou, LK Michalis… - IEEE journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging is widely used for diagnostic imaging in
interventional cardiology. The detection and quantification of atherosclerosis from acquired …

Analysis methods of coronary artery intravascular images: A review

C Huang, J Wang, Q Xie, YD Zhang - Neurocomputing, 2022 - Elsevier
Coronary artery disease is among one of the diseases human suffer most. Intravascular
coronary arterial image analysis consists of denoising, segmentation, detection, and three …

Automatic plaque segmentation based on hybrid fuzzy clustering and k nearest neighborhood using virtual histology intravascular ultrasound images

Z Rezaei, A Selamat, A Taki, MSM Rahim… - Applied Soft …, 2017 - Elsevier
Thin cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) or “vulnerable plaque” is responsible for the majority of
coronary artery death. Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound (VH-IVUS) image is a …

Characterization of coronary plaque regions in intravascular ultrasound images using a hybrid ensemble classifier

YN Hwang, JH Lee, GY Kim, ES Shin… - Computer methods and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and objectives The purpose of this study was to propose a hybrid ensemble
classifier to characterize coronary plaque regions in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images …

Lumen and media-adventitia border detection in IVUS images using texture enhanced deformable model

F Chen, R Ma, J Liu, M Zhu, H Liao - Computerized Medical Imaging and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lumen and media–adventitia (MA) borders in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images are
critical for assessing the dimensions of vascular structures and providing plaque information …

Genetic fuzzy rule based classification systems for coronary plaque characterization based on intravascular ultrasound images

VG Giannoglou, DG Stavrakoudis… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2015 - Elsevier
Vascular tissue characterization is of great importance concerning the possibility of an Acute
Cardiac Syndrome (ACS). Gray-scale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a powerful …

Automated classification of dense calcium tissues in gray-scale intravascular ultrasound images using a deep belief network

J Lee, YN Hwang, GY Kim, JY Kwon, SM Kim - BMC medical imaging, 2019 - Springer
Background IVUS is widely used to quantitatively assess coronary artery disease. The
purpose of this study was to automatically characterize dense calcium (DC) tissue in the …