Multi-Modality Atherosclerosis Imaging and Diagnosis

By Luca Saba

Book Overview

1. Histology and Pathology of 3D Atherosclerosis

Mastaka Nakano, Elena R. Ladich, and Renu Virmani

2. Clinical MRA of the Carotid Arteries

Michele Anzidei, Beatrice Cavallo Marincola, Fabrizio Boni, and Carlo Catalano

3. Quantitative MR Imaging of the Carotids

Tobias Saam

4. Contrast Agents in Carotid Angiography with Magnetic Resonance

Michele Anzidei, Chiara Zini, and Vincenzo Noce

5. Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Analysis in the Assessment of Cardiac Diseases

Erica Maffei, Giancarlo Messalli, Cesare Mantini, Teresa Arcadi, Chiara Martini, Massimo Imbriaco, and Filippo Cademartiri

6. Atherosclerosis Plaque Stress Analysis: A Review

Hao Gao and Quan Long

7. Carotid Plaque Stress Analysis: Issues on Patient Specific Modelling

Hao Gao and Quan Long

8. Noninvasive Targeting of Vulnerable Carotid Plaques for Therapeutic Interventions

Rikin A. Trivedi

9. Clinical CT Imaging of Carotid Arteries

Chandra dev Sahu and Max Wintermark

10. Quantitative CT Imaging of Carotid Arteries

M.J. van Gils, K. Hameeteman, M. van Straten, W.J. Niessen, and A. van der Lugt

11. Quantitative Computed Tomography Analysis in the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease

Erica Maffei, Giancarlo Messalli, Cesare Mantini, Teresa Arcadi, Chiara Martini, Massimo Imbriaco, and Filippo Cademartiri

12. A Gamma Mixture Model for IVUS Imaging

G. Vegas S?nchez-Ferrero, M. Mart?n Fern?ndez, and J. Miguel Sanches

13. Ultrasound Profile of Carotid Plague. A New Approach Towards Stroke Prediction

Jos? Seabra, Lu?s Mendes Pedro, J. Fernandes e Fernandes, and J. Miguel Sanches

14. Ultrasonographic Quantification of Carotid Stenosis: A Reappraisal Using a New Gold Standard

Lu?s Mendes Pedro, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes, Lu?s M. Silvestre, and J. Fernandes e Fernandes

15. Histologic and Biochemical Composition of Carotid Plaque and Its Impact on Ultrasonographic Appearance

Isabel Gon?alves

16. Automated Carotid IMT Measurement and Its Validation in Low Contrast Ultrasound Database of 885 Patient Indian Population Epidemiological Study: Results of AtheroEdgeTM Software

Filippo Molinari, Kristen M. Meiburger, Guang Zeng, Luca Saba, U. Rajendra Acharya, Luca Famiglietti, Niki Georgiou, Andrew Nicolaides, Raja Sriswan Mamidi, Hannah Kuper, and Jasjit S. Suri

17. Carotid Artery Recognition System (CARS): A Comparison of Three Automated Paradigms for Ultrasound Images

Filippo Molinari, Kristen Mariko Meiburger, Guang Zeng, U. Rajendra Acharya, William Liboni, Andrew Nicolaides, and Jasjit S. Suri

18. Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque Segmentation in Ultrasound Imaging of the Carotid Artery

Christos P. Loizou and Marios Pantzaris

19. Relationship Between Plaque Echogenicity and Atherosclerosis Biomarkers

John D. Kakisis, Efthimios Avgerinos, Nikolaos Kadoglou, George Sfyroeras, Konstantinos Moulakakis, and Christos D. Liapis

20. Hypothesis Validation of Far Wall Brightness in Carotid Artery Ultrasound for Feature-Based IMT Measurement Using a Combination of Level Set Segmentation & Registration

Filippo Molinari, Ganapathy Krishnamurthy, U. Rajendra Acharya, S. Vinitha Sree, Guang Zeng, Luca Saba, Andrew Nicolaides, and Jasjit S. Suri

21. Segmentation of Carotid Ultrasound Images

Rui Rocha, Jorge Silva, and

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493942891
• ISBN13: 9781493942893
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 11.0"