Numerical study of wall shear stress-based descriptors in the human left coronary artery

SIS Pinto, J Campos - Computer methods in biomechanics and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The present work is about the application of wall shear stress descriptors–time averaged
wall shear stress (TAWSS), oscillating shear index (OSI) and relative residence time (RRT) …

Fully automatic deep learning trained on limited data for carotid artery segmentation from large image volumes

T Zhou, T Tan, X Pan, H Tang… - Quantitative Imaging in …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The objectives of this study were to develop a 3D convolutional deep learning
framework (CarotidNet) for fully automatic segmentation of carotid bifurcations in computed …

A PCA-based approach for brain aneurysm segmentation

SP Dakua, J Abinahed, A Al-Ansari - Multidimensional Systems and Signal …, 2018 - Springer
Segmentation of brain aneurysm is of paramount importance in aneurysm treatment
planning. However, the segmentation of intensity varying and low-contrast cerebral blood …

Computational studies of comparative and cumulative effects of turbulence, fluid–structure interactions, and uniform magnetic fields on pulsatile non-Newtonian flow in …

J Moradicheghamahi, M Jahangiri… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2020 - Springer
Clinical evidence has shown that hemodynamics plays an important role in vascular
diseases that hemodynamic parameters are highly dependent on the elasticity of the artery …

Carotid artery segmentation using level set method with double adaptive threshold (DATLS) on TOF-MRA images

L Luo, S Liu, X Tong, P Jiang, C Yuan, X Zhao… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aimed to propose a method to semi-automatically segment lumen of
carotid artery on TOF-MRA images with well performance on images with weak boundary …

Investigation of blood flow in the external carotid artery and its branches with a new 0D peripheral model

Y Ohhara, M Oshima, T Iwai, H Kitajima… - Biomedical engineering …, 2016 - Springer
Background Patient-specific modelling in clinical studies requires a realistic simulation to be
performed within a reasonable computational time. The aim of this study was to develop …

Turbulent finite element model applied for blood flow calculation in arterial bifurcation

A Nikolić, M Topalović, V Simić, N Filipović - Computer methods and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and objective Due to the relatively low fluid velocities in major arteries and
veins, blood flow is by default laminar, however, turbulence can occur as a result of stenosis …

The effects of plaque morphological characteristics on the post-stenotic flow in left main coronary artery bifurcation

T Hossain, N Anan, MT Arafat - Biomedical Physics & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Local post-stenotic hemodynamics has critical influence in the atherosclerotic plaque
progression occurring in susceptible arterial sites, in particular the left main coronary artery …

Robust carotid artery recognition in longitudinal B-mode ultrasound images

EG Sifakis, S Golemati - IEEE transactions on image …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic segmentation of the arterial lumen from ultrasound images is an important task in
clinical diagnosis. Carotid artery recognition, the first task in lumen segmentation, should be …

Lumen segmentation in magnetic resonance images of the carotid artery

DS Jodas, AS Pereira, JMRS Tavares - Computers in biology and medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Investigation of the carotid artery plays an important role in the diagnosis of cerebrovascular
events. Segmentation of the lumen and vessel wall in Magnetic Resonance (MR) images is …