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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"vulnerable plaque"”.
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Development of a Vascularized Carotid Artery Plaque Phantom for the Investigation of Novel Ultrasound-Based Technologies
… detection and diagnosis of atherosclerotic plaques, and for quantitative measures of disease progression. Vulnerable plaque lesions are thought to be responsible for the majority of cardiovascular events, characterized by a large lipid core, a thin fibrous cap, and neovascularization – …
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Development of multimodal spectroscopy for the detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques
… morphological information useful in detecting vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques, that is, plaques most prone to rupture and causing sudden death. Early detection of these vulnerable plaques is critical to reducing patient mortality associated with cardiovascular disease. In developing MMS into …
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The role of image processing and artificial intelligence machine learning-based systems for unbiased evaluation of human coronary atherosclerotic plaque progression and vulnerability, and in response to pharmacotherapy
… tomography (OCT) can identify high-risk plaques and is a widely used surrogate efficacy marker for drug and device studies. For example, fibrous cap thickness (FCT) <75µm, minimum lumen area (MLA) <3.5mm2, lipid arc >180°, and presence of macrophages, calcific nodules, neovascularisation, …
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Radiomics and Machine Learning in the Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease
… the value of radiomics in identifying the ‘vulnerable plaque’ and the ‘vulnerable patient’ within the context of cerebrovascular events. To evaluate the potential of radiomic features as imaging biomarkers, their reproducibility and robustness to morphological perturbations were assessed, as …
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Classification of atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability by mechano-radiomics
… resonance (MR) images can help evaluate carotid plaque vulnerability better than conventional MR methods. Hemodynamic forces have long been associated with the destabilization of developed plaques near regions of complex blood flow e.g., the carotid bifurcation, which results in high wall shear …
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hs-CRP level represents the disease burden and the age but not vulnerability of coronary atherosclerosis
… presented hs-CRP level was associated with plaque vulnerability but most studies were performed by assessing focal target plaque but not whole plaques from a coronary tree. METHODS: To evaluate of the relationship of plasma hs-CRP level and volumetric plaque composition of the coronary …
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Impact of Percutaneous Transluminal Intervention on Vascular Hypoxia and the Role of Micro-calcifications on Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture
… which evolves into a fibroatheroma, a lipid-rich plaque covered by a fibrous cap. Many of these plaques are considered as vulnerable, as they grow to occlude the luminal section of the artery (chronically stenotic) or become mechanically unstable with a higher chance of rupturing (rupture-prone). …