Medical image analysis for the early prediction of hypertension

Document Type

Book Chapter

Source of Publication

Cardiovascular and Coronary Artery Imaging

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Abstract

Recently, medical image analysis has become a vital evolving technology that is used in the early diagnosis of various diseases. Medical imaging techniques enable physicians to capture noninvasive images of structures inside the human body (such as bones, tissues, or blood vessels) as well as their functions (such as brain activity). In this study, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images have been analyzed to help physicians in the early prediction of hypertension. Hypertension is a progressive disease that may take several years before being fully understood. In the United States, hypertension afflicts one in every three adults and is a leading cause of mortality in more than half a million patients every year. Specific alterations in human brains’ cerebrovasculature have been observed to precede the onset of hypertension. This study presents a computer-aided diagnosis system (CAD) that can predict hypertension prior to the systemic onset of the disease. This MRA-based CAD system is able to detect, track, and quantify the hypertension-related cerebrovascular alterations, then it makes a decision based on the analyzed data about whether each subject is at a high risk of developing hypertension or not. Such kind of prediction can help clinicians in taking proactive and preventative steps to stop the progress of the disease and mitigate adverse events.

ISBN

9780128219836

Publisher

Elsevier

First Page

101

Last Page

111

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences

Keywords

Hypertension, MRA, CAD, blood vessels, cerebrovasculature, tortuosity, brain, medical image

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no

Open Access

no

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