The role of physicians has always been to synthesize the data available to them to identify
diagnostic patterns that guide treatment and follow response. Today, increasingly …

Abstract Purpose of the Review Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune disease
which may result in a higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and stroke. Tissue …

Characterization of carotid plaque composition, more specifically the amount of lipid core,
fibrous tissue, and calcified tissue, is an important task for the identification of plaques that …

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a disease that forms as a complication of diabetes. It is
particularly dangerous since it often goes unnoticed and can lead to blindness if not …

Image classification is the act of labeling groups of pixels or voxels of an image based on
some rules. It finds applications in medical image analysis, and satellite image identification …

Nowadays, it is important for the detection of ultrasound images of breast tumors. In this
paper, a new ultrasonic image feature extraction algorithm combining edge-based features …

Skeletal muscle composition, often characterized by the degree of intramuscular adipose
tissue, deteriorates with aging and disease and contributes to impairments in function and …

Stroke is one of the prominent causes of death in the recent days. The existence of
susceptible plaque in the carotid artery can be used in ascertaining the possibilities of …

Atherosclerotic plaque deposit in the carotid artery is used as an early estimate to identify
the presence of cardiovascular diseases. Ultrasound images of the carotid artery are used to …

Purpose of review Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and
stroke. Typically, atherosclerotic calcium is found during the mature stage of the …