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A Recurrent CNN for Automatic Detection and Classification of Coronary Artery Plaque and Stenosis in Coronary CT Angiography.

IEEE transactions on medical imaging Nov 28, 2018
Various types of atherosclerotic plaque and varying grades of stenosis could lead to different management of patients with a coronary artery disease. Therefore, it is crucial to detect and classify the type of coronary artery plaque, as well as to de...
Coronary Angiography Coronary Vessels Plaque, Atherosclerotic Computed Tomography Angiography Coronary Stenosis Humans Neural Networks, Computer Algorithms Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Iterative quality enhancement via residual-artifact learning networks for low-dose CT.

Physics in medicine and biology Oct 23, 2018
Radiation exposure and the associated risk of cancer for patients in computed tomography (CT) scans have been major clinical concerns. The radiation exposure can be reduced effectively via lowering the x-ray tube current (mA). However, this strategy ...
Humans Radiation Dosage Tomography, X-Ray Computed Plaque, Atherosclerotic Neural Networks, Computer Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Radionuclide Imaging Artifacts Machine Learning Radiation Exposure Brain Diseases Algorithms
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Machine-learning integration of CT histogram analysis to evaluate the composition of atherosclerotic plaques: Validation with IB-IVUS.

Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography Oct 21, 2018
BACKGROUND: To determine whether machine learning with histogram analysis of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) yields higher diagnostic performance for coronary plaque characterization than the conventional cut-off method using the median CT number.
Humans Machine Learning Retrospective Studies Female Coronary Vessels Multidetector Computed Tomography Plaque, Atherosclerotic Computed Tomography Angiography Coronary Angiography Reproducibility of Results Ultrasonography, Interventional Aged Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Male Coronary Artery Disease Predictive Value of Tests
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Calcium detection, its quantification, and grayscale morphology-based risk stratification using machine learning in multimodality big data coronary and carotid scans: A review.

Computers in biology and medicine Aug 20, 2018
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 atherosclerosis disease. It is therefore often a challenge to identify and ...
Carotid Arteries Plaque, Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery Diseases Multimodal Imaging Ultrasonography, Interventional Calcium Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Humans Machine Learning Risk Assessment Big Data
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Automatic Plaque Detection in IVOCT Pullbacks Using Convolutional Neural Networks.

IEEE transactions on medical imaging Aug 16, 2018
Coronary heart disease is a common cause of death despite being preventable. To treat the underlying plaque deposits in the arterial walls, intravascular optical coherence tomography can be used by experts to detect and characterize the lesions. In c...
Humans Plaque, Atherosclerotic Neural Networks, Computer Tomography, Optical Coherence Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Endovascular Procedures
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Assessment of Carotid Artery Plaque Components With Machine Learning Classification Using Homodyned-K Parametric Maps and Elastograms.

IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control Jun 29, 2018
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) imaging methods, including elastography, echogenicity analysis, and speckle statistical modeling, are available from a single ultrasound (US) radio-frequency data acquisition. Since these US imaging methods provide compl...
Carotid Arteries Plaque, Atherosclerotic Carotid Stenosis Elasticity Imaging Techniques Aged, 80 and over Male Middle Aged Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Machine Learning Algorithms Female Aged Humans
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Maximization of the usage of coronary CTA derived plaque information using a machine learning based algorithm to improve risk stratification; insights from the CONFIRM registry.

Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography Apr 30, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Machine learning (ML) is a field in computer science that demonstrated to effectively integrate clinical and imaging data for the creation of prognostic scores. The current study investigated whether a ML score, incorporating only the 1...
Algorithms Prognosis Female Reproducibility of Results Risk Factors Aged Male Middle Aged Humans Registries Machine Learning Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Infarction Coronary Vessels Computed Tomography Angiography Predictive Value of Tests Risk Assessment Multidetector Computed Tomography Coronary Stenosis Severity of Illness Index Area Under Curve Plaque, Atherosclerotic Time Factors ROC Curve Coronary Angiography Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
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Integrated prediction of lesion-specific ischaemia from quantitative coronary CT angiography using machine learning: a multicentre study.

European radiology Jan 19, 2018
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate if lesion-specific ischaemia by invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) can be predicted by an integrated machine learning (ML) ischaemia risk score from quantitative plaque measures from coronary computed tomograph...
Coronary Stenosis Humans Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial Machine Learning Female Severity of Illness Index Myocardial Ischemia Aged Aged, 80 and over Hemodynamics Plaque, Atherosclerotic Adult Vascular Calcification Coronary Angiography Male Computed Tomography Angiography Coronary Artery Disease Middle Aged
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Relationship of femoral artery ultrasound measures of atherosclerosis with chronic kidney disease.

Journal of vascular surgery Dec 22, 2017
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is strongly associated with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Detection of subclinical PAD may allow early interventions for or prevention of PAD in persons with CKD. Whether the presence of atherosclerotic pla...
Glomerular Filtration Rate Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Atherosclerosis Plaque, Atherosclerotic Prospective Studies Ultrasonography, Doppler Male Femoral Artery Female California Prevalence Aged Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
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Framework for detection and localization of coronary non-calcified plaques in cardiac CTA using mean radial profiles.

Computers in biology and medicine Aug 1, 2017
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The high mortality rate associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) has driven intensive research in cardiac imaging and image analysis. The advent of computed tomography angiography (CTA) has turned non-invasive diagnosis ...
Coronary Angiography Coronary Artery Disease Humans Plaque, Atherosclerotic Support Vector Machine Computed Tomography Angiography
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