ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2025
Biomechanical assessment of vulnerable plaque: from histological evidence to ultrasound elastography and image-based computational patient-specific modelling.
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- Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Carotid Plaque Stiffness Assessed Using Ultrasound Shear-Wave Elastography.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2026Article
- Quantitative Ultrasound SWE of Carotid Plaque in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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The assessment of carotid plaque vulnerability is a relevant clinical information that can help prevent adverse cerebrovascular events. To this aim, in this work we study the ability of different non-invasive methods for assessing plaque vulnerability in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Histological examinations of patients' plaque samples were conducted after CEA while ultrasound (US) and computed tomography angiography (CTA) acquisitions were performed preoperatively. US acquisition included point shear wave elastography (p-SWE) and a radio frequency echo-based wall tracking mode for the evaluation of arterial wall stiffness. CTA images were segmented, and the results were used for an
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