Lumen segmentation and motion estimation in B-mode and contrast-enhanced ultrasound images of the carotid artery in patients with atherosclerotic plaque

DDB Carvalho, Z Akkus… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In standard B-mode ultrasound (BMUS), segmentation of the lumen of atherosclerotic carotid
arteries and studying the lumen geometry over time are difficult owing to irregular lumen …

Fully automated carotid plaque segmentation in combined contrast-enhanced and B-mode ultrasound

Z Akkus, DDB Carvalho, SCH van den Oord… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2015 - Elsevier
Carotid plaque segmentation in B-mode ultrasound (BMUS) and contrast-enhanced
ultrasound (CEUS) is crucial to the assessment of plaque morphology and composition …

Semiautomatic segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid artery lumen using 3D ultrasound imaging

MM Hossain, K AlMuhanna, L Zhao… - … Imaging 2013: Image …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Carotid atherosclerosis is a major cause of stroke. Imaging and monitoring plaque
progression in 3D can better classify disease severity and potentially identify plaque …

Motion compensation method using dynamic programming for quantification of neovascularization in carotid atherosclerotic plaques with contrast enhanced …

Z Akkus, A Hoogi, G Renaud… - Medical Imaging …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Intraplaque neovascularization (IPN) has been linked with progressive atherosclerotic
disease and plaque instability in several studies. Quantification of IPN may allow early …

Non-invasive ultrasound monitoring of regional carotid wall structure and deformation in atherosclerosis.

RC Chan - 2003 - elibrary.ru
Atherosclerosis is characterized by local remodeling of arterial structure and distensibility.
Developing lesions either progress gradually to compromise tissue perfusion or rupture …

Dynamic block matching to assess the longitudinal component of the dense motion field of the carotid artery wall in B‐mode ultrasound sequences—Association with …

G Zahnd, K Saito, K Nagatsuka, Y Otake… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The motion of the common carotid artery tissue layers along the vessel axis during
the cardiac cycle, observed in ultrasound imaging, is associated with the presence of …

Semiautomatic segmentation of atherosclerotic carotid artery wall volume using 3D ultrasound imaging

MM Hossain, K AlMuhanna, L Zhao, BK Lal… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Rupture of atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid artery has been implicated in 20%
of strokes. 3D ultrasound (US) imaging is emerging as an attractive method to quantify …

Minimal-path contours combined with speckle tracking to estimate 2D displacements of the carotid artery wall in B-mode imaging

G Zahnd, M Orkisz, A Sérusclat… - 2011 IEEE International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present here an enhancement of our Contour and Speckle Tracking (CST) method,
dedicated to assess the bi-dimensional (radial and longitudinal) movement of the common …

A new user-independent in vivo method for 2D motion estimation of the carotid wall by ultrasound imaging for early detection of pathological behavior

G Zahnd, A Marion, A Sérusclat, P Moulin… - Proc. IEEE Ultrason …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work introduces a novel user-independent method to estimate in vivo the two-
dimensional (2D), ie radial and longitudinal, trajectory of B-mode ultrasound (US) …

Greedy technique and its validation for fusion of two segmentation paradigms leads to an accurate intima–media thickness measure in plaque carotid arterial …

F Molinari, G Zeng, JS Suri - Journal for Vascular Ultrasound, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The intima–media thickness (IMT) of carotid arteries is a reliable indicator of cardiovascular
risk. IMT is usually manually measured on longitudinal B-mode ultrasound images. Many …