Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-based textural features for prediction of event prone carotid atherosclerotic plaques

Serum Ceramides as Prognostic Biomarkers of Large Thrombus Burden in Patients with STEMI: A Micro-Computed Tomography Study

“…In parallel, advances in cardiovascular imaging facilitate the quantification of characteristics, which have been subjective to date [11][12][13][14]. Identification of novel imaging parameters enables patient-specific predictions of adverse outcomes [15].…”

Serum Ceramides as Prognostic Biomarkers of Large Thrombus Burden in Patients With STEMI: A Micro-Computed Tomography Study

“…In parallel, advances in cardiovascular imaging facilitate the quantification of characteristics, which have been subjective to date [10][11][12][13] . Identification of novel imaging parameters enables patient-specific predictions of adverse outcomes 14 .…”

Hiding beyond plain sight: Textural analysis of positron emission tomography to identify high-risk plaques in carotid atherosclerosis

“…However, in this issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Kafouris et al assess the feasibility of texture analysis in carotid arteries using 18F-FDG PET-CT images to predict histological and immunohistochemical features of event-prone plaque. 13 Sixtyseven different 18F-FDG PET-based textural features were extracted from carotid images of 21 patients with high-grade carotid stenosis undergoing endarterectomy. Accepting the acknowledged limitations including a small sample size and a considerable spectrum bias, the authors found several textural-based metrics showing significant promise in independently identifying confirmed histopathological features of plaque vulnerability and in some cases with incremental accuracy over standard target-to-background ratio (TBR) assessments.…”