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    A semi-automatic method for carotid artery wall segmentation in MR images
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017) Kumar, P.K.; Kesavadas, C.; Rajan, J.
    The quantification of carotid artery stenosis via imaging techniques guides the physicians to take a decision regarding surgical interventions. The measurement of wall thickness from magnetic resonance (MR) images is a promising approach to measure the degree of carotid stenosis. Manual tracing of the carotid vessel walls is time consuming and is sensitive to observer variability. Further, the existing segmentation techniques are limited by the poor contrast and presence of noise in MR images. The objective this paper is to present a novel segmentation strategy for carotid lumen and outer wall from MR images. The segmentation has been carried out in two stages which starts with a user assisted region of interest selection. In the first stage, an active contour based global segmentation has been applied to classify the lumen region. In the second stage, morphological gradient of the region of interest has been computed. This is followed by particle swarm optimization based localized segmentation to separate the wall region. The results demonstrate excellent correspondence between the automatic and manual tracings for lumen and outer walls of the carotid artery. © 2016 IEEE.
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    Effect of Induced Helicity on the Hemodynamics of Carotid Artery Passage
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024) Rakesh, L.; Kadali, A.; Prakashini, K.; Anish, S.
    Abrupt narrowing of the carotid artery known as atherosclerosis is a common cardiovascular disease, increasing the risk of stroke which is one of the leading causes of death. Helicity in the arterial passage is found to be one of the effective ways to minimize plaque formation. Using Autodesk Meshmixer, an open-source software, the stenosed portion of the diseased artery is removed to obtain what is referred to in this study as the base case. The helicity and hemodynamic characteristics of a patient-specific geometry with and without stent in repaired instance are examined. The current study found that when novel stent design is placed there is a reduction in recirculation zone size and Relative Residence Time (RRT), but also resulted in increased pressure drop across the artery. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.