The introduction of three-dimensional echography (3D echo) in vascular field is not recent,
but it still remains a seldom-used technique because of the costs of ultrasound probe and …

Early applications of ultrasound in the carotid arteries focused on using the Doppler shift to
evaluate blood velocity and flow disturbances; our group used implanted ultrasound probes …

Atherosclerotic plaques are focal and tend to occur at arterial bends and bifurcations. To
quantitatively monitor the local changes in the carotid vessel-wall-plus-plaque thickness …

Automatic segmentation of the carotid plaques from ultrasound images has been shown to
be an important task for monitoring progression and regression of carotid atherosclerosis …

Ultrasound imaging is used extensively in diagnosis and image-guidance for interventions
of human diseases. However, conventional 2D ultrasound suffers from limitations since it …

Ultrasound methods are useful in stroke prevention in several ways. Measurement of carotid
plaque burden, as either total plaque area (TPA) or total plaque volume (TPV) are strong …

Atherosclerosis is an important cause of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Lipid infiltration, inflammation, and altered vascular stress are the critical mechanisms that …

Background Patients' life expectancy, clinical symptomatology and the extent of carotid
stenosis are the most important factors when deciding whether to perform carotid …

One of the techniques used to diagnose carotid artery disease is the ultrasound (US)
examination. The initiation and development of vascular diseases depends also on the flow …

Atherosclerosis at the carotid bifurcation can result in cerebral emboli, which in turn can
block the blood supply to the brain causing ischemic strokes. Noninvasive imaging tools that …