Abstract—Noninvasive ultrasound imaging of carotid plaques

allows for the development of plaque-image analysis methods associated

with the risk of stroke. This paper presents several plaqueimage

analysis methods that have been developed over the past

years. The paper begins with a review of clinical methods for visual

classification that have led to standardized methods for image

acquisition, describes methods for image segmentation and denoizing,

and provides an overview of the several texture-feature

extraction and classification methods that have been applied. We

provide a summary of emerging trends in 3-D imaging methods

and plaque-motion analysis. Finally, we provide a discussion of the

emerging trends and future directions in our concluding remarks.