Improved Correlation between Carotid and Coronary Atherosclerosis SYNTAX Score Using Automated Ultrasound Carotid Bulb Plaque IMT Measurement

Accurate cloud-based smart IMT measurement, its validation and stroke risk stratification in carotid ultrasound: A web-based point-of-care tool for multicenter clinical trial

“…28 Recent studies have also revealed a strong relationship between cIMT values and the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). 8,25,26,29 The above studies have clearly shown that cIMT is risk biomarker for CVEs.…”

Deep learning strategy for accurate carotid intima-media thickness measurement: An ultrasound study on Japanese diabetic cohort

“…The corresponding cIMT error with CALEX 2.0 and CAMES 3.0 was 0.121 ± 0.334 and 0.078 ± 0.112 mm, respectively (Table III in [41]). In 2015, Suri et al [17] used AtheroEdge™ software for LI, MA, and cIMT measurements and achieved the lowest errors for LI, MA, and cIMT of 0.008 ± 0.099, 0.018 ± 0.013, and 0.01 ± 0.01 mm, respectively (Table 10; row #10); however, the dataset was different and contained different ethnicities. In 2016, Suri et al [18] used AtheroCloud™ to measure LI and MA errors and achieved results of 0.065 ± 0.037 and 0.067 ± 0.036 mm, respectively (Table 10; row #11).…”

“…Finally, the fourth methodology was the Carotid Automated Double-Line Extraction System, which is based on edge flow (an edge-detection technique based on US texture and edge energies) [15]. Saba et al [16] proposed a fully-automated system (AtheroEdge™) for cIMT measurements, while Ikeda et al [17] proposed a cIMT measurement system with a classification paradigm that used a combination of global and local strategies involving texture-based entropy and morphology.…”

Causes of changes in carotid intima-media thickness: a literature review

“…Studies have revealed that increased CIMT is associated with a high occurrence of cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) [ 89 ], the level of coronary artery calcification (CAC) [ 90 ] and the coronary SYNTAX score [ 91 ]. However, coronary artery disease (CAD) variants were not found to be associated with CIMT and did not appear to mediate the risk of atherothrombosis through known risk factors [ 90 ]. Additionally, impaired FMD under various statuses and diseases might led to thicker CIM [ 78 , 92 , 93 ].…”