TY - GEN
T1 - Ultrasound intima-media thickness and diameter measurements of the common carotid artery in patients with renal failure disease
AU - Loizou, Christos P.
AU - Anastasiou, Eleni
AU - Kasparis, Takis
AU - Lazarou, Theodoros
AU - Pantziaris, Marios
AU - Pattichis, Constandinos S.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Although the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CCA) is an established indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD), its relationship with renal failure disease (RFD) is not yet established. In this study, we use an automated integrated segmentation system based on snakes, for segmenting the CCA, perform measurements of the IMT, and measure the CCA diameter (D). The study was performed on 20 longitudinal-section ultrasound images of healthy individuals and on 22 ultrasound images acquired from 11 RFD patients. A neurovascular expert manually delineated the IMT and the D in all RFD subjects. All images were intensity normalized and despeckled, the IMC and the D, were automatically segmented and measured We found increased IMT and D measurements for the RFD patients when compared to the normal subjects, but we found no statistical significant differences for the mean IMT and mean D measurements between the normal and the RFD patients.
AB - Although the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CCA) is an established indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD), its relationship with renal failure disease (RFD) is not yet established. In this study, we use an automated integrated segmentation system based on snakes, for segmenting the CCA, perform measurements of the IMT, and measure the CCA diameter (D). The study was performed on 20 longitudinal-section ultrasound images of healthy individuals and on 22 ultrasound images acquired from 11 RFD patients. A neurovascular expert manually delineated the IMT and the D in all RFD subjects. All images were intensity normalized and despeckled, the IMC and the D, were automatically segmented and measured We found increased IMT and D measurements for the RFD patients when compared to the normal subjects, but we found no statistical significant differences for the mean IMT and mean D measurements between the normal and the RFD patients.
KW - Carotid artery
KW - Carotid diameter
KW - Intima-media thickness
KW - Renal failure
KW - Ultrasound image
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-41142-7_28
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-41142-7_28
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894065017
SN - 9783642411410
VL - 412
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 272
EP - 281
BT - Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations - 9th IFIPWG 12.5 International Conference, AIAI 2013, Proceedings
T2 - 9th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI 2013
Y2 - 30 September 2013 through 2 October 2013
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