[HTML][HTML] Multimodality carotid plaque tissue characterization and classification in the artificial intelligence paradigm: A narrative review for stroke application

L Saba, SS Sanagala, SK Gupta… - Annals of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the
United States of America and globally. Carotid arterial plaque, a cause and also a marker of …

Advances in noninvasive carotid wall imaging with ultrasound: a narrative review

M Alexandratou, A Papachristodoulou, X Li… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carotid atherosclerosis is a major cause for stroke, with significant associated disease
burden morbidity and mortality in Western societies. Diagnosis, grading and follow-up of …

Assessment of carotid artery plaque components with machine learning classification using homodyned-K parametric maps and elastograms

MH Roy-Cardinal, F Destrempes… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) imaging methods, including elastography, echogenicity
analysis, and speckle statistical modeling, are available from a single ultrasound (US) radio …

Imaging of single transducer-harmonic motion imaging-derived displacements at several oscillation frequencies simultaneously

MM Hossain, EE Konofagou - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mapping of mechanical properties, dependent on the frequency of motion, is relevant in
diagnosis, monitoring treatment response, or intra-operative surgical resection planning …

Delineation of Human Carotid Plaque Features In Vivo by Exploiting Displacement Variance

G Torres, TJ Czernuszewicz… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While in vivo acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI)-induced peak displacement (PD) has
been demonstrated to have high sensitivity and specificity for differentiating soft from stiff …

Feasibility of harmonic motion imaging using a single transducer: In vivo imaging of breast cancer in a mouse model and human subjects

MM Hossain, N Saharkhiz… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Harmonic motion imaging (HMI) interrogates the mechanical properties of tissues by
simultaneously generating and tracking harmonic oscillation using focused ultrasound and …

Novel ultrasound techniques in the identification of vulnerable plaques—an updated review of the literature

Y Yao, P Zhang - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease partly mediated by lipoproteins. The rupture of
vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and thrombosis are major contributors to the …

Electronic Point Spread Function Rotation Using a Three-Row Transducer for ARFI-Based Elastic Anisotropy Assessment: In Silico and Experimental Demonstration

MM Hossain, CM Gallippi - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Degree of anisotropy (DoA) of mechanical properties has been assessed as the ratio of
acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI)-induced peak displacements (PDs) achieved using …

Safety of arterial shear wave elastography–ex–vivo assessment of induced strain and strain rates

T Nordenfur, K Caidahl, D Grishenkov… - Biomedical Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a promising technique for characterizing carotid plaques
and assessing local arterial stiffness. The mechanical stress to which the tissue is subjected …

Plaque characterization using shear wave elastography—Evaluation of differentiability and accuracy using a combined ex vivo and in vitro setup

D Marlevi, E Maksuti, MW Urban… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasound elastography has shown potential for improved plaque risk stratification.
However, no clear consensus exists on what output metric to use, or what imaging …