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3D ultrasound analysis of carotid plaque volume and surface morphology by A. Fenster; C. Blake; Igor Gyacskov; A. Landry; J.D. Spence is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is 3D ultrasound analysis of carotid plaque volume and surface morphology about?
Morphological characterization of carotid plaques has been used for risk stratification and evaluation of response to therapy, evaluation of new risk factors, genetic research, and for quantifying effects of new anti-atherosclerotic therapies. We developed a 3D US system that allows detailed studies of carotid plaques in 3D. Our software includes 3D reconstruction, viewing, manual and semi-automated segmentation of carotid plaques, and surface morphology analysis to be used for quantitative tracking of plaque changes. We evaluated our plaque quantification software by examining plaque volume measurement accuracy, variability, and plaque surface morphology. We used vascular test phantoms to study segmentation accuracy, and used 48 3D US carotid plaques of patients ranging in size from 13.2 mm 3 to 544.0 mm 3 to study plaque volume measurement variability. We compared results from the semi-automated plaque measurements to the results obtained from manual measurements, which were used as the ''gold'' standard. We developed a surface plaque morphology quantification technique based on the segmented plaque surface curvature and used it to analyze plaques. Accuracy of plaque volume measu
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- Author
- A. Fenster; C. Blake; Igor Gyacskov; A. Landry; J.D. Spence
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0041-624X)
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)