Ultrasound and Carotid Bifurcation Atherosclerosis (eBook)

Stable and Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques.- Pathophysiology of Carotid Atherosclerosis.- Vascular Hemodynamics of the Carotid Bifurcation and Its Relation to Arterial Disease.- The Problem with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis.- Principles of Ultrasonic Imaging and Instrumentation.- Despeckling.- Vascular Ultrasound Imaging with Contrast Agents: Carotid Plaque Neovascularization and the Hyperplastic Vasa Vasorum Network.- Nonlinear Contrast Intravascular Ultrasound.- Molecular Imaging of Carotid Plaque with Targeted Ultrasound Contrast.- Methodological Considerations of Ultrasound Measurement of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Lumen Diameter.- Automated Measurement of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness.- Image Normalization, Plaque Typing and Texture Feature Extraction.- Automated Classification of Plaques.- Plaque Feature Extraction.- Plaque Classification.- Volumetric Evaluation of Carotid Atherosclerosis Using 3-Dimensional Ultrasonic Imaging.- Carotid Plaque Surface Irregularity.- Carotid Plaque Texture Analysis Using 3-Dimensional Volume Ultrasonic Imaging.- Wall Motion Analysis.- Noninvasive Carotid Elastography.- Motion Estimation of Carotid Artery Plaques.- Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurement: A Suitable Alternative for Cardiovascular Risk?.- Intima-Media Thickness and Carotid Plaques in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment.- Association Between Plaque Size, Growth and Echogenicity with Cardiovascular Risk: The Tromsø Study.- Towards Clinical Applications of Carotid Ultrasound: Intima-Media Thickness, Plaque Area, and 3-Dimensional Phenotypes.- Arterial Wall, Plaque Measurements, Biomarkers and Metabolic Syndrome: Results from the Gothenburg Studies.- Novel Biomarkers and Subclinical Atherosclerosis.- Subclinical Atherosclerosis, Markers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress.- Screening for Cardiovascular Risk Using Ultrasound: A Practical Approach.- Grading Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis.- The Significance of Echolucent Plaques: Past and Future Perspectives.- Intravascular Ultrasound: Plaque Characterisation.- Gray-Scale Based Stratified Color Mapping of Carotid Plaque.- Transcranial Doppler and Cerebrovascular Risk Stratification in Patients with Internal Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis.- Effect of Statin Therapy on Carotid Plaque Morphology.- Image Analysis of Carotid Plaques and Risk Stratification.- Ultrasonic Plaque Characterization: Results from the Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) Study.