Browsing by Subject "Cardiovascular Diseases"

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      First and second order statistical texture features in carotid plaque image analysis: preliminary results from ongoing research. 

      Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Petroudi, Styliani; Pattichis, Marios S.; Griffin, Maura B.; Kakkos, Stavros K.; Makris, Gregory C. (2011)
      Carotid plaques have been associated with ipsilateral neurological symptoms. High-resolution ultrasound can provide information not only on the degree of carotid artery stenosis but also on the characteristics of the ...
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      Guest editorial cardiovascular health informatics: Risk screening and intervention 

      Hartley, C. J.; Naghavi, M.; Parodi, O.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Poon, C. C. Y.; Zhang, Y. -T (2012)
      Despite enormous efforts to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the past, it remains the leading cause of death in most countries worldwide. Around two-thirds of these deaths are due to acute events, which frequently ...
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      Manual and automated media and intima thickness measurements of the common carotid artery 

      Loizou, Christos P.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Pantzaris, Marios C. (2009)
      The intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CCA) is widely used as an early indicator of the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It was proposed but not thoroughly investigated that the media ...
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      Snakes based segmentation of the common carotid artery intima media 

      Loizou, Christos P.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Tyllis, Theodosis K.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2007)
      Ultrasound measurements of the human carotid artery walls are conventionally obtained by manually tracing interfaces between tissue layers. In this study we present a snakes segmentation technique for detecting the ...
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      Underexpression of the apolipoprotein E2 and E4 alleles in the Greek Cypriot population of Cyprus 

      Cariolou, Marios A.; Kokkofitou, Avgousta; Manoli, Panayiotis; Christou, Soteroulla; Karagrigoriou, Alex; Middleton, Lefkos T. (1995)
      Apolipoprotein E (APOE) plays an important role in the multifactorial etiology of both cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to investigate the APOE gene polymorphism in ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Εξόρυξη γνώσης με εξαγωγή κανόνων σε καρδιαγγειακές βάσεις δεδομένων 

      Καραολής, Μηνάς Α. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2010-06)
      Εκτιμήσεις του παγκόσμιου οργανισμού υγείας δείχνουν ότι οι καρδιακές παθήσεις είναι και θα παραμείνουν στις επόμενες δεκαετίες η κύρια αιτία θανάτου παγκόσμια. Οι παράγοντες κινδύνου πάθησης ενός καρδιακού επεισοδίου είναι ...