scholarly journals Vascular Auscultation of Carotid Artery: Towards Biometric Identification and Verification of Individuals

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 6656
Author(s):  
Rutuja Salvi ◽  
Patricio Fuentealba ◽  
Jasmin Henze ◽  
Pinar Bisgin ◽  
Thomas Sühn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Spectral Characteristics ◽  
Sound Recording ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Automatic Feature Extraction ◽  
Processing Pipeline ◽  
Desktop Application ◽  
Biometric Information ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Background: Biometric sensing is a security method for protecting information and property. State-of-the-art biometric traits are behavioral and physiological in nature. However, they are vulnerable to tampering and forgery. Methods: The proposed approach uses blood flow sounds in the carotid artery as a source of biometric information. A handheld sensing device and an associated desktop application were built. Between 80 and 160 carotid recordings of 11 s in length were acquired from seven individuals each. Wavelet-based signal analysis was performed to assess the potential for biometric applications. Results: The acquired signals per individual proved to be consistent within one carotid sound recording and between multiple recordings spaced by several weeks. The averaged continuous wavelet transform spectra for all cardiac cycles of one recording showed specific spectral characteristics in the time-frequency domain, allowing for the discrimination of individuals, which could potentially serve as an individual fingerprint of the carotid sound. This is also supported by the quantitative analysis consisting of a small convolutional neural network, which was able to differentiate between different users with over 95% accuracy. Conclusion: The proposed approach and processing pipeline appeared promising for the discrimination of individuals. The biometrical recognition could clinically be used to obtain and highlight differences from a previously established personalized audio profile and subsequently could provide information on the source of the deviation as well as on its effects on the individual’s health. The limited number of individuals and recordings require a study in a larger population along with an investigation of the long-term spectral stability of carotid sounds to assess its potential as a biometric marker. Nevertheless, the approach opens the perspective for automatic feature extraction and classification.

scholarly journals Automatic Characterization of the Physiological Condition of the Carotid Artery in 2D Ultrasound Image Sequences Using Spatiotemporal and Spatiospectral 2D Maps

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Hamid Muhammed ◽  
Jimmy C. Azar
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Automatic Differentiation ◽  
Spectral Characteristics ◽  
Ultrasound Image ◽  
Automatic Feature Extraction ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Physiological Properties ◽  
2D Ultrasound ◽  
Novel Method

A novel method for characterizing and visualizing the progression of waves along the walls of the carotid artery is presented. The new approach is noninvasive and able to simultaneously capture the spatial and the temporal propagation of wavy patterns along the walls of the carotid artery in a completely automated manner. Spatiotemporal and spatiospectral 2D maps describing these patterns (in both the spatial and the frequency domains, resp.) were generated and analyzed by visual inspection as well as automatic feature extraction and classification. Three categories of cases were considered: pathological elderly, healthy elderly, and healthy young cases. Automatic differentiation, between cases of these three categories, was achieved with a sensitivity of 97.1% and a specificity of 74.5%. Two features were proposed and computed to measure the homogeneity of the spatiospectral 2D map which presents the spectral characteristics of the carotid artery wall’s wavy motion pattern which are related to the physical, mechanical (e.g., elasticity), and physiological properties and conditions along the artery. These results are promising and confirm the potential of the proposed method in providing useful information which can help in revealing the physiological condition of the cardiovascular system.

Surgical management of extracranial carotid artery aneurysms

VASA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Paweł Skóra ◽  
Jacek Kurcz ◽  
Krzysztof Korta ◽  
Przemysław Szyber ◽  
Tadeusz Andrzej Dorobisz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Surgical Management ◽  
Minor Stroke ◽  
Stroke Rate ◽  
Extracranial Carotid Artery ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
End To End ◽  
Dacron Patch ◽  
Major Stroke

Abstract. Background: We present the methods and results of the surgical management of extracranial carotid artery aneurysms (ECCA). Postoperative complications including early and late neurological events were analysed. Correlation between reconstruction techniques and morphology of ECCA was assessed in this retrospective study. Patients and methods: In total, 32 reconstructions of ECCA were performed in 31 symptomatic patients with a mean age of 59.2 (range 33 - 84) years. The causes of ECCA were divided among atherosclerosis (n = 25; 78.1 %), previous carotid endarterectomy with Dacron patch (n = 4; 12.5 %), iatrogenic injury (n = 2; 6.3 %) and infection (n = 1; 3.1 %). In 23 cases, intervention consisted of carotid bypass. Aneurysmectomy with end-to-end suture was performed in 4 cases. Aneurysmal resection with patching was done in 2 cases and aneurysmorrhaphy without patching in another 2 cases. In 1 case, ligature of the internal carotid artery (ICA) was required. Results: Technical success defined as the preservation of ICA patency was achieved in 31 cases (96.9 %). There was one perioperative death due to major stroke (3.1 %). Two cases of minor stroke occurred in the 30-day observation period (6.3 %). Three patients had a transient hypoglossal nerve palsy that subsided spontaneously (9.4 %). At a mean long-term follow-up of 68 months, there were no major or minor ipsilateral strokes or surgery-related deaths reported. In all 30 surviving patients (96.9 %), long-term clinical outcomes were free from ipsilateral neurological symptoms. Conclusions: Open surgery is a relatively safe method in the therapy of ECCA. Surgical repair of ECCAs can be associated with an acceptable major stroke rate and moderate minor stroke rate. Complication-free long-term outcomes can be achieved in as many as 96.9 % of patients. Aneurysmectomy with end-to-end anastomosis or bypass surgery can be implemented during open repair of ECCA.

Long-term stability of fusiform dilatation of the internal carotid artery following surgery adjacent to the circle of Willis: report of 2 cases

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Madeline B. Karsten ◽  
R. Michael Scott
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery ◽  
Arachnoid Cyst ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Internal Carotid ◽  
Imaging Finding ◽  
Neurological Status ◽  
Suprasellar Region

Fusiform dilatation of the internal carotid artery (FDCA) is a known postoperative imaging finding after craniopharyngioma resection. FDCA has also been reported following surgery for other lesions in the suprasellar region in pediatric patients and is thought to be due to trauma to the internal carotid artery (ICA) wall during tumor dissection. Here, the authors report 2 cases of pediatric patients with FDCA. Case 1 is a patient in whom FDCA was visualized on follow-up scans after total resection of a craniopharyngioma; this patient’s subsequent scans and neurological status remained stable throughout a 20-year follow-up period. In case 2, FDCA appeared after resection and fenestration of a giant arachnoid cyst in a 3-year-old child, with 6 years of stable subsequent follow-up, an imaging finding that to the authors’ knowledge has not previously been reported following surgery for arachnoid cyst fenestration. These cases demonstrate that surgery involving dissection adjacent to the carotid artery wall in pediatric patients may lead to the development of FDCA. On very long-term follow-up, this imaging finding rarely changes and virtually all patients remain asymptomatic. Neurointerventional treatment of FDCA in the absence of symptoms or significant late enlargement of the arterial ectasia does not appear to be indicated.

scholarly journals Long-Term Results of Carotid Artery Stenting in Veterans With Prior Head and Neck Cancer

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. e91-e92
Author(s):  
Roy W. Jones ◽  
Adam Tanious ◽  
Paul Armstrong ◽  
Neil Moudgill ◽  
Karl A. Illig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Carotid Artery Stenting ◽  
Long Term Results

scholarly journals LONG TERM CLINICAL OUTCOMES AFTER ENDOVASCULAR RECANALIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 1006
Author(s):  
Mao-Shin Lin ◽  
Chi-Sheng Hung ◽  
Chih-Fan Yeh ◽  
Ching-Chang Huang ◽  
Ying-Hsien Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Artery Occlusion ◽  
Carotid Artery Occlusion ◽  
Endovascular Recanalization

COULD GENDER IMPACT ON IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM CAROTID ARTERY STENTING OUTCOME? INSIGHT FROM AN ITALIAN SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Fornelli ◽  
Pasqualino Sirignano ◽  
Wassim Mansour ◽  
Laura Capoccia ◽  
Simone Cuozzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Carotid Artery Stenting ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Single Center Experience

Effects of Long-Term Tracheostomy on Spectral Characteristics of Vowel Production

1991 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1057-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Saletsky Kamen ◽  
Ben C. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Tract ◽  
Spectral Characteristics ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Vowel Production ◽  
Formant Frequency ◽  
Motor Patterns ◽  
Spectral Parameters ◽  
Oral Motor ◽  
Vowel Space

This study investigated the effects of long-term tracheostomy on the development of speech. Eight children who underwent tracheotomy during the prelingual period were compared to matched controls on selected spectral parameters of the speech acoustic signal and standard measures of oral-motor, phonologic, and articulatory proficiency. Analysis of formant frequency values revealed significant between-group differences. Children with histories of long-term tracheostomy showed reduced acoustic vowel space, as defined by group formant frequency values. This suggests that these children were limited in their ability to produce extreme vocal tract configurations for vowels /a,i,u/ postdecannulation. Oral motor patterns were less mature, and sound substitutions were not only more variable for this group, but also reflected a persistent overlay of maladaptive compensations developed during cannulation.

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