Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) disease detection by passive and active medical infrared (IR) thermal imaging

• Main Author: Saxena, Ashish
• Other Authors: Ng Yin Kwee
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; Science::Medicine::Computer applications
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142766
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) or atherosclerosis, wherein narrowing of the carotid artery passage occurs as a result of endothelial cell dysfunction and inflammation that leads to thrombosis formation. With the presence of stenosis, alterations in the carotid artery hemodynamics bring about changes...