A review on joint carotid intima-media thickness and plaque area measurement in ultrasound for cardiovascular/stroke risk monitoring: artificial intelligence framework

M Biswas, L Saba, T Omerzu, AM Johri… - Journal of digital …, 2021 - Springer
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the top ten leading causes of death worldwide.
Atherosclerosis disease in the arteries is the main cause of the CVD, leading to myocardial …

Cardiovascular risk stratification in diabetic retinopathy via atherosclerotic pathway in COVID-19/non-COVID-19 frameworks using artificial intelligence paradigm: a …

S Munjral, M Maindarkar, P Ahluwalia, A Puvvula… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diabetes is one of the main causes of the rising cases of blindness in adults. This
microvascular complication of diabetes is termed diabetic retinopathy (DR) and is …

Unseen artificial intelligence—Deep learning paradigm for segmentation of low atherosclerotic plaque in carotid ultrasound: A multicenter cardiovascular study

PK Jain, N Sharma, L Saba, KI Paraskevas, MK Kalra… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The early detection of carotid wall plaque is recommended in the prevention of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) in moderate-risk patients. Previous techniques for B-mode …

Deep learning strategy for accurate carotid intima-media thickness measurement: an ultrasound study on Japanese diabetic cohort

M Biswas, V Kuppili, T Araki, DR Edla, EC Godia… - Computers in biology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Motivation The carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is an important biomarker for
cardiovascular diseases and stroke monitoring. This study presents an intelligence-based …

Two-stage artificial intelligence model for jointly measurement of atherosclerotic wall thickness and plaque burden in carotid ultrasound: A screening tool for …

M Biswas, L Saba, S Chakrabartty, NN Khanna… - Computers in biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Motivation The early screening of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) can lead to effective
treatment. Thus, accurate and reliable atherosclerotic carotid wall detection and plaque …

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 …

Carotid Ultrasound Boundary Study (CUBS): Technical considerations on an open multi-center analysis of computerized measurement systems for intima-media …

KM Meiburger, F Marzola, G Zahnd, F Faita… - Computers in biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
After publishing an in-depth study that analyzed the ability of computerized methods to assist
or replace human experts in obtaining carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurements …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrition, atherosclerosis, arterial imaging, cardiovascular risk stratification, and manifestations in COVID-19 framework: A narrative review

S Munjral, P Ahluwalia, AD Jamthikar… - Frontiers in bioscience …, 2021 - imrpress.com
Background: Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of the cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Several risk factors lead to atherosclerosis, and altered nutrition is one among those …

Ultrasound IMT measurement on a multi-ethnic and multi-institutional database: our review and experience using four fully automated and one semi-automated …

F Molinari, KM Meiburger, L Saba, UR Acharya… - Computer methods and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Automated and high performance carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement is
gaining increasing importance in clinical practice to assess the cardiovascular risk of …

Accurate cloud-based smart IMT measurement, its validation and stroke risk stratification in carotid ultrasound: A web-based point-of-care tool for multicenter clinical …

L Saba, SK Banchhor, HS Suri, ND Londhe… - Computers in biology …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study presents AtheroCloud™-a novel cloud-based smart carotid intima-media
thickness (cIMT) measurement tool using B-mode ultrasound for stroke/cardiovascular risk …