Title :
life Sciences - Signal-Processing Approaches to Risk Assessment in Coronary Artery Disease
Author :
Kakadiaris, Ioannis A. ; O´Malley, Sean M. ; Vavuranakis, Manolis ; Carlier, Stéphane ; Metcalfe, Ralph ; Hartley, Craig J. ; Falk, Erling ; Naghavi, Morteza
Author_Institution :
Comput. Biomed. Lab., Houston Univ., TX
Abstract :
This paper introduces a novel method that enables intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) detection of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation based on quantification of vasa vasorum (VV) density and perfusion. The method consists of a contrast-enhanced IVUS acquisition protocol and a series of signal/image processing techniques to detect VV in the resulting contrast-enhanced sequences
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; image sequences; medical image processing; protocols; risk management; atherosclerotic plaque inflammation; contrast-enhanced IVUS acquisition protocol; contrast-enhanced sequences; coronary artery disease; image processing techniques; intravascular ultrasound detection; risk assessment; signal-processing approaches; vasa vasorum density; Arteries; Cardiac arrest; Cardiac disease; Cardiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Computed tomography; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Risk management; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/SP-M.2006.248714
