Image-based modeling and precision medicine: Patient-specific carotid and coronary plaque assessment and predictions

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 643-651

  Tang, Dalin ^a,b   Yang, Chun ^c   Zheng, Jie ^d   Canton, Gador ^e   Bach, Richard G ^d   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^e   Wang, Liang ^c   Yang, Deshan ^d   Billiar, Kristen L ^b   Yuan, Chun ^e  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Fluid structure interaction (FSI); Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) based modeling; MRI based modeling; Vulnerable plaques

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; IMAGE-BASED MODELING; IMAGE-BASED MODELS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; SCREENING STRATEGY; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TOOLS; ULTRASONICS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VALIDATION STUDY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKERS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84884657107     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2242891     Document Type: Article

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