Blockchain, artificial intelligence, and healthcare: the tripod of future—a narrative review

A Bathula, SK Gupta, S Merugu, L Saba… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2024 - Springer
The fusion of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) marks a paradigm shift in healthcare,
addressing critical challenges in securing electronic health records (EHRs), ensuring data …

Automated localization and segmentation techniques for B-mode ultrasound images: A review

KM Meiburger, UR Acharya, F Molinari - Computers in biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

A hybrid deep learning paradigm for carotid plaque tissue characterization and its validation in multicenter cohorts using a supercomputer framework

SS Skandha, A Nicolaides, SK Gupta… - Computers in biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Early and automated detection of carotid plaques prevents strokes, which are
the second leading cause of death worldwide according to the World Health Organization …

Unseen artificial intelligence—Deep learning paradigm for segmentation of low atherosclerotic plaque in carotid ultrasound: A multicenter cardiovascular study

PK Jain, N Sharma, L Saba, KI Paraskevas, MK Kalra… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The early detection of carotid wall plaque is recommended in the prevention of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) in moderate-risk patients. Previous techniques for B-mode …

Two-stage artificial intelligence model for jointly measurement of atherosclerotic wall thickness and plaque burden in carotid ultrasound: A screening tool for …

M Biswas, L Saba, S Chakrabartty, NN Khanna… - Computers in biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Motivation The early screening of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) can lead to effective
treatment. Thus, accurate and reliable atherosclerotic carotid wall detection and plaque …

Cardiovascular risk stratification in diabetic retinopathy via atherosclerotic pathway in COVID-19/non-COVID-19 frameworks using artificial intelligence paradigm: a …

S Munjral, M Maindarkar, P Ahluwalia, A Puvvula… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diabetes is one of the main causes of the rising cases of blindness in adults. This
microvascular complication of diabetes is termed diabetic retinopathy (DR) and is …

Carotid Ultrasound Boundary Study (CUBS): Technical considerations on an open multi-center analysis of computerized measurement systems for intima-media …

KM Meiburger, F Marzola, G Zahnd, F Faita… - Computers in biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
After publishing an in-depth study that analyzed the ability of computerized methods to assist
or replace human experts in obtaining carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurements …

Plaque tissue morphology-based stroke risk stratification using carotid ultrasound: a polling-based PCA learning paradigm

L Saba, PK Jain, HS Suri, N Ikeda, T Araki… - … , Volume 2: Plaque …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This chapter introduces a polling-based principal component analysis strategy embedded in
the machine-learning framework to select and retain dominant features, resulting in superior …

UNet deep learning architecture for segmentation of vascular and non-vascular images: a microscopic look at UNet components buffered with pruning, explainable …

JS Suri, M Bhagawati, S Agarwal, S Paul… - Ieee …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Biomedical image segmentation (BIS) task is challenging due to the variations in organ
types, position, shape, size, scale, orientation, and image contrast. Conventional methods …

A review on atherosclerotic biology, wall stiffness, physics of elasticity, and its ultrasound-based measurement

AK Patel, HS Suri, J Singh, D Kumar… - Current atherosclerosis …, 2016 - Springer
Functional and structural changes in the common carotid artery are biomarkers for
cardiovascular risk. Current methods for measuring functional changes include pulse wave …