Atherosclerotic risk stratification strategy for carotid arteries using texture-based features

UR Acharya, SV Sree, MMR Krishnan, F Molinari… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2012 - Elsevier
Plaques in the carotid artery result in stenosis, which is one of the main causes for stroke.
Patients have to be carefully selected for stenosis treatments as they carry some risk. Since …

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 …

Prediction of high-risk asymptomatic carotid plaques based on ultrasonic image features

EC Kyriacou, S Petroudi, CS Pattichis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Carotid plaques have been associated with ipsilateral neurological symptoms. High-
resolution ultrasound can provide information not only on the degree of carotid artery …

Texture-based classification of atherosclerotic carotid plaques

CI Christodoulou, CS Pattichis… - IEEE transactions on …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are indications that the morphology of atherosclerotic carotid plaques, obtained by
high-resolution ultrasound imaging, has prognostic implications. The objective of this study …

Plaque tissue characterization and classification in ultrasound carotid scans: a paradigm for vascular feature amalgamation

UR Acharya, MMR Krishnan, SV Sree… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The selection of carotid atherosclerosis patients for surgery or stenting is a crucial task in
atherosclerosis disease management. In order to select only those symptomatic cases who …

Symptomatic vs. asymptomatic plaque classification in carotid ultrasound

RU Acharya, O Faust, APC Alvin, SV Sree… - Journal of medical …, 2012 - Springer
Quantitative characterization of carotid atherosclerosis and classification into symptomatic or
asymptomatic type is crucial in both diagnosis and treatment planning. This paper describes …

Understanding symptomatology of atherosclerotic plaque by image-based tissue characterization

UR Acharya, O Faust, APC Alvin… - Computer methods and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Characterization of carotid atherosclerosis and classification into either symptomatic or
asymptomatic is crucial in terms of diagnosis and treatment planning for a range of …

3-D optimized classification and characterization artificial intelligence paradigm for cardiovascular/stroke risk stratification using carotid ultrasound-based delineated …

SS Skandha, SK Gupta, L Saba, VK Koppula… - Computers in Biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Purpose Atherosclerotic plaque tissue rupture is one of the
leading causes of strokes. Early carotid plaque monitoring can help reduce cardiovascular …

Atheromatic™: Symptomatic vs. asymptomatic classification of carotid ultrasound plaque using a combination of HOS, DWT & texture

UR Acharya, O Faust, SV Sree… - … Conference of the …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantitative characterization of carotid atherosclerosis and classification into either
symptomatic or asymptomatic is crucial in terms of diagnosis and treatment planning for a …

Stroke risk stratification and its validation using ultrasonic echolucent carotid wall plaque morphology: a machine learning paradigm

T Araki, PK Jain, HS Suri, ND Londhe, N Ikeda… - Computers in biology …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …