Assessment of carotid arterial wall movement from offline B-mode ultrasound image for early detection of atherosclerosis
Nowadays, there are many cases that relate to the atherosclerosis disease which is due to the development of plaque inside the blood vessel. There are several factors that can cause a person to suffer from this atherosclerosis disease which are overweight, high blood pressure, unhealthy blood choles...
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9208/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9208/1/Wan_Fatin_Liyana_Mutalib.pdf |
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| Summary: | Nowadays, there are many cases that relate to the atherosclerosis disease which is due to
the development of plaque inside the blood vessel. There are several factors that can cause
a person to suffer from this atherosclerosis disease which are overweight, high blood
pressure, unhealthy blood cholesterol level and smoking. However, for early detection of
atherosclerosis disease will be detect from the size of diameter and wall displacement of
Common Carotid Artery (CCA) based on the gender and Body Mass Index (BMI). Hence,
this project is aiming for assessment of carotid arterial wall movement from offline b-mode
ultrasound image for early detection of atherosclerosis. Based on the highlighted
parameters, the measurement of diameter and wall displacement of Common Carotid
Artery (CCA) is obtained by using MATLAB software as references for detecting the early
stage of atherosclerosis diseases. All images were enhanced and segmented in order to
track the best position of carotid arterial wall. Then, the diameter and wall displacement of
CCA were measured. The result were then analyzed based on BMI and gender. This study
shows that the CCA diameters and wall displacement correlated with BMI and gender
where the diameter and wall displacement of overweight subjects are bigger compare to
normal and underweight subjects both in male and female group. These findings suggest
that the CCA diameters and wall displacement may reflect to the atherosclerosis before
plaque formation and can be an important factor during the development of atherosclerosis. |
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