What Is Takayasu's Arteritis? Arteritis is a general term that refers to the inflammation of arteries — blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart and to the rest of the body.

67% of all patients showed thickened wall abnormalities and 31% had arterial dilatations in a major vessel on any one or more anatomical imaging modality such as ultrasound, CT or MRI ... represents ...

Objective To compare the presence of head, neck and upper extremity symptoms in patients with Takayasu’s (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) and their association with vascular ... but not damage ...

most studies directly use raw ultrasound images as input to end-to-end networks. The noise and high-dimensional features in these images increase both network complexity and the number of parameters.

Abstract: Accurate measurement of carotid plaques in ultrasound images is essential for the early prevention and intervention of stroke. However, carotid plaques exhibit complex and diverse shapes, ...

It is being studied in phase 3 trials for alopecia areata, hidradenitis suppurativa, Takayasu arteritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (ALE), and vitiligo. In a new pharmaphorum podcast ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — While medical centers use ultrasound daily, so far this technology has not been capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists have now developed a microscopy ...

Vasculitis: This is a group of conditions that cause inflammation of the blood vessels. Certain types of vasculitis, such as Takayasu arteritis, can affect the renal arteries and lead to renal artery ...