1. Histology and Pathology of 3D Atherosclerosis
Mastaka Nakano, Elena R. Ladich, and Renu Virmani
2. Clinical MRA of the Carotid Arteries
Michele Anzidei, Beatrice Cavallo Marincola, Fabrizio Boni, and Carlo Catalano
3. Quantitative MR Imaging of the Carotids
Tobias Saam
4. Contrast Agents in Carotid Angiography with Magnetic Resonance
Michele Anzidei, Chiara Zini, and Vincenzo Noce
5. Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Analysis in the Assessment of Cardiac Diseases
Erica Maffei, Giancarlo Messalli, Cesare Mantini, Teresa Arcadi, Chiara Martini, Massimo Imbriaco, and Filippo Cademartiri
6. Atherosclerosis Plaque Stress Analysis: A Review
Hao Gao and Quan Long
7. Carotid Plaque Stress Analysis: Issues on Patient Specific Modelling
Hao Gao and Quan Long
8. Noninvasive Targeting of Vulnerable Carotid Plaques for Therapeutic Interventions
Rikin A. Trivedi
9. Clinical CT Imaging of Carotid Arteries
Chandra dev Sahu and Max Wintermark
10. Quantitative CT Imaging of Carotid Arteries
M.J. van Gils, K. Hameeteman, M. van Straten, W.J. Niessen, and A. van der Lugt
11. Quantitative Computed Tomography Analysis in the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease
Erica Maffei, Giancarlo Messalli, Cesare Mantini, Teresa Arcadi, Chiara Martini, Massimo Imbriaco, and Filippo Cademartiri
12. A Gamma Mixture Model for IVUS Imaging
G. Vegas Sánchez-Ferrero, M. Martín Fernández, and J. Miguel Sanches
13. Ultrasound Profile of Carotid Plague. A New Approach Towards Stroke Prediction
José Seabra, Luís Mendes Pedro, J. Fernandes e Fernandes, and J. Miguel Sanches
14. Ultrasonographic Quantification of Carotid Stenosis: A Reappraisal Using a New Gold Standard
Luís Mendes Pedro, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes, Luís M. Silvestre, and J. Fernandes e Fernandes
15. Histologic and Biochemical Composition of Carotid Plaque and Its Impact on Ultrasonographic Appearance
Isabel Gonçalves
16. Automated Carotid IMT Measurement and Its Validation in Low Contrast Ultrasound Database of 885 Patient Indian Population Epidemiological Study: Results of AtheroEdgeTM Software
Filippo Molinari, Kristen M. Meiburger, Guang Zeng, Luca Saba, U. Rajendra Acharya, Luca Famiglietti, Niki Georgiou, Andrew Nicolaides, Raja Sriswan Mamidi, Hannah Kuper, and Jasjit S. Suri
17. Carotid Artery Recognition System (CARS): A Comparison of Three Automated Paradigms for Ultrasound Images
Filippo Molinari, Kristen Mariko Meiburger, Guang Zeng, U. Rajendra Acharya, William Liboni, Andrew Nicolaides, and Jasjit S. Suri
18. Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque Segmentation in Ultrasound Imaging of the Carotid Artery
Christos P. Loizou and Marios Pantzaris
19. Relationship Between Plaque Echogenicity and Atherosclerosis Biomarkers
John D. Kakisis, Efthimios Avgerinos, Nikolaos Kadoglou, George Sfyroeras, Konstantinos Moulakakis, and Christos D. Liapis
20. Hypothesis Validation of Far Wall Brightness in Carotid Artery Ultrasound for Feature-Based IMT Measurement Using a Combination of Level Set Segmentation & Registration
Filippo Molinari, Ganapathy Krishnamurthy, U. Rajendra Acharya, S. Vinitha Sree, Guang Zeng, Luca Saba, Andrew Nicolaides, and Jasjit S. Suri
21. Segmentation of Carotid Ultrasound Images
Rui Rocha, Jorge Silva, and
