TY - GEN
T1 - Towards cardiovascular risk stratification using imaging data
AU - Kakadiaris, I. A.
AU - Kurkure, U.
AU - Mendizabal-Ruiz, E. G.
AU - Naghavi, M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In spite of the advancement and proliferation of cardiovascular imaging data, the rate of deaths due to unpredicted heart attack remains high. Thus, it becomes imperative to develop novel computational tools to mine quantitative parameters from imaging data for early detection and diagnosis of asymptomatic cardiovascular disease. In this paper, we present our progress towards developing a computational framework to mine cardiac imaging data and provide quantitative measures for developing a new risk assessment method. Specifically, we present computational methods developed for the detection of coronary calcification and segmentation of thoracic aorta in non-contrast cardiac computed tomography, and detection of neovessels in plaques in intravascular ultrasound imaging data.
AB - In spite of the advancement and proliferation of cardiovascular imaging data, the rate of deaths due to unpredicted heart attack remains high. Thus, it becomes imperative to develop novel computational tools to mine quantitative parameters from imaging data for early detection and diagnosis of asymptomatic cardiovascular disease. In this paper, we present our progress towards developing a computational framework to mine cardiac imaging data and provide quantitative measures for developing a new risk assessment method. Specifically, we present computational methods developed for the detection of coronary calcification and segmentation of thoracic aorta in non-contrast cardiac computed tomography, and detection of neovessels in plaques in intravascular ultrasound imaging data.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5335388
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5335388
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19965147
AN - SCOPUS:77950975781
SN - 9781424432967
T3 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
SP - 1918
EP - 1921
BT - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Y2 - 2 September 2009 through 6 September 2009
ER -