INTRODUCTION: Early detection of carotid plaque prevents stroke and myocardial infarction. Individuals with fatty liver might be at an increased risk of developing carotid plaque, yet limited access to carotid artery ultrasound underscores the need f...
Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society
Aug 5, 2025
Atherosclerosis is a leading cardiovascular disease typified by fatty streaks accumulating within arterial walls, culminating in potential plaque ruptures and subsequent strokes. Existing clinical risk scores, such as systematic coronary risk estimat...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Jul 31, 2025
BACKGROUND: Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, with a significantly elevated incidence among individuals with hypertension. Conventional risk assessment methods primarily rely on a limited set of clinical parameter...
Women are disproportionately affected by chronic autoimmune diseases (AD) like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and Sjögren's syndrome. Traditional evaluations often underestimate the associated cardiovascul...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Apr 28, 2024
The quantification of carotid plaque has been routinely used to predict cardiovascular risk in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary artery disease (CAD). To determine how well carotid plaque features predict the likelihood of CAD and cardiovascu...
ObjectivesAssessment of plaque stenosis severity allows better management of carotid source of stroke. Our objective is to create a deep learning (DL) model to segment carotid intima-media thickness and plaque and further automatically calculate plaq...
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate an artificial intelligence diagnostic model based on fundus images for predicting Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM).
Computational intelligence and neuroscience
May 12, 2022
Plaque deposits in the carotid artery are the major cause of stroke and atherosclerosis. Ultrasound imaging is used as an early indicator of disease progression. Classification of the images to identify plaque presence and intima-media thickness (IMT...
Vitamin D insufficiency has been associated with faster progression of atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular disease risk, but limited data are available in HIV-infected people. So, we examined potential correlation between vitamin D status a...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The measurement of carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) in ultrasound images can be used to detect the presence of atherosclerotic plaques. Usually, the CIMT estimation strategy is semi-automatic, since it requires: (1) a m...
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