Introduction: Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) may be associated with nonstenotic carotid artery plaques ... blinded to stroke side and semi-automated plaque composition segmentation ...

Introduction: Nonstenotic carotid plaque is found in some patients with otherwise cryptogenic stroke (CS) but also in normal individuals and patients with stroke of known cause (KS). Clinical ...

Centre for Health Research, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia Introduction: Extracranial carotid calcification is a common marker of ...

This prior knowledge may assist in its automatic segmentation and detection. To avoid the influence of other possible plaques on the carotid artery, we proposed the CBL algorithm (more details are ...

This study aimed to explore differences in static and dynamic intrinsic functional connectivity and temporal dynamics between patients with ACS and those without carotid stenosis. Methods: We ...

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has emerged as a non-invasive modality for detailed coronary artery ... segmentation. The segmentation outcomes are clinically significant as they ...

Abstract: The segmentation and classification of carotid plaques in ultrasound images play important roles in the treatment of atherosclerosis and assessment for the risk of stroke. Although deep ...

Carotid artery stents are specialized devices used in carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedures to widen narrowed arteries, thereby improving blood flow and preventing plaque buildup and ... regional, ...

You might need this procedure if you have carotid artery stenosis. This is a narrowing in one or both of the carotid arteries. Carotid stenosis is often caused by the buildup of plaque on the inside ...

Conclusions Angiography based μQFR and anatomical features, namely plaque localization and internal ... We measured the diameter of the terminal internal carotid artery (ICA) and beginning segment of ...