Segmentation of carotid arteries by graph-cuts using centerline models

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet A. Gülsün ◽  
Hüseyin Tek
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Graph Cuts

scholarly journals Segmentation of Carotid Arteries By Graph-Cuts Using Centerline Models

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Akif Gulsun ◽  
Huseyin Tek
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Graph Cuts ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Minimal Path ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Extraction Algorithm ◽  
Gradient Based ◽  
Global Optimal ◽  
Seed Points ◽  
Optimal Graph

In this paper, we present a semi-automtic method for segmenting carotid arteries in contrast enhanced (CE)-CT angiography (CTA) scans. The segmentation algorithm extracts the lumen of carotid arteries between user specfied locations. Specifically, the algorithm first detects the centerline representations between the user placed seed points. This centerline extraction algorithm is based on a minimal path detection algorithm which operates on a {} map. The lumen of corotid arteries is extracted by using the global optimal graph-cuts algorithm~ using the centerlines as input. The radius information contained in the centerline representation is used to normalize the gradient based weights of the graph. It is shown that this algorithm can sucessfully segment the carotid arteries without including calcified and non-calcified plaques in the segmentation results.

Anchoring Fibrils in Arterial Endothelium

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 274-275
Author(s):  
A. Trillo
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Cell Layer ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
Internal Elastic Lamina ◽  
Endothelial Cell Layer ◽  
Structural Details ◽  
Rats And Mice ◽  
Arterial Endothelium ◽  
Elastic Lamina

There are conflicting reports regarding some fine structural details of arteries from several animal species. Buck denied the existence of a sub-endothelial space, while Karrer and Keech described a space of variable width which separates the endothelium from the underlying internal elastic lamina in aortas of aging rats and mice respectively.The present communication deals with the ultrastrueture of the interface between the endothelial cell layer and the internal elastic lamina as observed in carotid arteries from rabbits of varying ages.

Ultrasonic densitometric analysis of atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Rozikhodjaeva ◽  
K Yokubov ◽  
S Hikmatov ◽  
S Hudoynazarov ◽  
L Pak
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Atherosclerotic Plaques ◽  
Densitometric Analysis

An Experimental Study on Hanaro Self-expanding Metallic Stent in Porcine Carotid Arteries

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 717
Author(s):  
Dae Chul Suh ◽  
Ghee Young Choe ◽  
Kwon Ha Yoon ◽  
Ho Young Song ◽  
Kyu Bo Sung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Metallic Stent

Ultrasound Evaluation of Carotid Arteries in Patients Post Radiotherapy

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-122
Author(s):  
Dr Richard Martis ◽  
◽  
Dr Mahesh Kumar ◽  
Dr Victor Rasquinha
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Ultrasound Evaluation

Effect of carvedilol on the redox-status of plasma low-molecular-weight aminothyols in rats with acute cerebral ischemia

2018 ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
К.А. Никифорова ◽  
В.В. Александрин ◽  
П.О. Булгакова ◽  
А.В. Иванов ◽  
Э.Д. Вирюс ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Cerebral Ischemia ◽  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Redox Status ◽  
Global Cerebral Ischemia ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Adrenergic Antagonist ◽  
Acute Cerebral Ischemia ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries ◽  
Reduced Forms

Цель. Установить влияние неспецифического адреноблокатора карведилола на редокс-статус низкомолекулярных аминотиолов (цистеин, гомоцистеин, глутатион) в плазме крови при моделировании глобальной ишемии головного мозга у крыс. Методика. Нами была использована модель глобальной ишемии (пережатие общих сонных артерий с геморрагией длительностью 15 мин). Препарат вводили за 1 ч до операции. Уровни аминотиолов измеряли через 40 мин после начала реперфузии. Анализ уровня аминотиолов проводили методом жидкостной хроматографии. Результаты. Установлено, что у крыс, не подвергавшихся ишемии, карведилол в дозе 10 мг/кг вызывает рост редокс-статуса цистеина и глутатиона (в 3 и 3,5 раза соответственно по сравнению с контролем, p = 0,04 и p = 0,008) за счет увеличения их восстановленных форм. При ишемии данного эффекта не наблюдалось. Редокс-статус у крыс с ишемией на фоне карведилола (Цис = 0,85 ± 0,14%, Глн = 1,8 ± 0,7%, Гцис = 1,1 ± 0,8%) оставался таким же низким, как и у крыс с ишемией без введения карведилола (р > 0,8). Заключение. Полученный результат демонстрирует, что в условиях ишемии головного мозга карведилол не оказывает эффекта на гомеостаз аминотиолов плазмы крови, несмотря на выраженный антиоксидантный эффект в нормальных условиях. Aim. Effect of a nonspecific adrenergic antagonist carvedilol on the redox status of plasma low-molecular-weight aminothiols (cysteine, homocysteine, glutathione) was studied in rats with global cerebral ischemia (occlusion of common carotid arteries with hemorrhage). Methods. A model of global ischemia (occlusion of common carotid arteries with 15-min hemorrhage) was used. The drugs were administered one hour before the operation. Aminothiol levels were measured by HPLC with UV detection at 40 minutes after the onset of reperfusion. Results. Carvedilol 10 mg/kg increased the redox status of cysteine and glutathione in rats not exposed to ischemia (3 and 3.5 times, respectively, compared with the control, p = 0.04 and p = 0.008, respectively) but not of homocysteine, by increasing their reduced forms. However, this effect was not observed in ischemia. In rats with ischemia treated with carvedilol, the redox status (Cys = 0.85 ± 0.14%, GSH = 1.8 ± 0.7%, Hcys = 1.1 ± 0.8%) remained low similar to that in rats with ischemia not treated with carvedilol (p >0.8, 0.8, and 0.9, respectively). Conclusion. Carvedilol did not affect the homeostasis of blood plasma thiols in cerebral ischemia despite the pronounced antioxidant effect under the normal conditions.

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