Plaque imaging pixel to molecular level (IOS Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references
Title page; Preface; The Editors; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; Contents; Plaque Imaging Using Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance and Computer Tomography: A Review; Medical Image Retrieval Based on Plaque Appearance and Image Registration; MRI Plaque Tissue Characterization and Assessment of Plaque Stability; Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography: A Clinician's Tool for Assessing Vulnerability and Material Composition of Plaques; Computer Vision Analysis of Collagen Fiber Bundles in the Adventitia of Human Blood Vessels; Image Based Biomechanics of Coronary Plaque
This publication starts of with a review of plaque imaging techniques, with an introduction of the segmentation techniques for plaque classification and quantification. Many aspects of plaque imaging techniques are presented in this publication, such as; medical image retrieval and database management, MRI techniques to differentiate stable versus high risk atherosclerosis, composition and morphology of atherosclerotic plaque, analysis of the soft tissue based on computer vision techniques, modelling of coronary artery biomechanics, Cardiac CT for the assessment of cardiovascular pathology wit