Abstract
The carotid artery is an important blood vessel, supplying the brain with oxygen and nutrients. Two carotid arteries are found, one on either side of the neck. It bifurcates into the external carotid artery, that is mainly responsible for supplying the facial muscles with blood, and the internal carotid artery that ensures blood flow to the brain. It connects (together with the vertebral arteries) to the circle of Willis, from which the entire brain is supplied with blood. The circle of Willis introduces redundancy of supplying vessels, thus ensuring that occlusion of one carotid artery does not result in cerebral ischemia.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Speckle Filtering and Tracking in Cardiovascular Ultrasound Imaging and Video |
| Editors | Christos P. Loizou, Constantinos S. Pattichis, Jan S. D'hooge |
| Publisher | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
| Chapter | 23 |
| Pages | 497-51 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-78561-291-6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-78561-290-9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2019.
Keywords
- Biology and medical computing
- Biomedical ultrasonics
- Blood flow
- Blood vessel
- Blood vessels
- Brain
- Carotid artery mechanics
- Computer vision and image processing techniques
- Haemodynamics
- Image and video signal processing
- Mechanical properties of tissues and organs
- Medical image processing
- Optical
- Patient diagnostic methods and instrumentation
- Pneumodynamics
- Sonic and ultrasonic applications
- Sonic and ultrasonic radiation (biomedical imaging/measurement)
- Sonic and ultrasonic radiation (medical uses)
- Ultrasound-based assessment