Current Technologies for Intravascular Plaque Detection
Specific imaging of atherosclerotic plaque lipids with two-wavelength intravascular photoacoustics
... the plaque shown in Fig. 6. As mentioned before, better detection sensitivity may help, although the strong superficial absorption at 1718 nm may actually “color” the light, causing a violation of the ...
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High resolution intravascular magnetic resonance quantification of atherosclerotic plaque at 3T
... a plaque with a 186 μ m FCT measured by histology, possible distortions introduced during histological preparation notwithstand- ...for plaque detection at a coarser but more time-efficient spatial ...
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A new approach for improving coronary plaque component analysis based on intravascular ultrasound images
... as plaque area to the next stage for plaque char- ...acterization. Plaque characterization The main purpose of the current research is to propose a plaque characterization method ...
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Integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound and modification of plaque during excimer laser coronary angioplasty
... IVUS analysis We administered intracoronary nitroglycerin before the image acquisition at between 100 and 250 μg, depending on the systemic blood pressure. We performed IVUS assess- ments before and after laser ...
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Real-time intravascular photoacoustic-ultrasound imaging of lipidladen plaque at speed of video-rate level
... ABSTRACT Intravascular photoacoustic-ultrasound (IVPA-US) imaging is an emerging hybrid modality for the detection of lipid- laden plaques by providing simultaneous morphological and lipid-specific chemical ...
Plaque volume and plaque risk profile in diabetic vs. non-diabetic patients undergoing lipid-lowering therapy: a study based on 3D intravascular ultrasound and virtual histology
... TCFA plaque phe- notype detected by virtual histology is probably not the best discriminator for detection of high-risk plaques, because it was found in both groups of patients with the same ...
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Head-to-Head Comparison of Coronary Plaque Evaluation Between Multislice Computed Tomography and Intravascular Ultrasound Radiofrequency Data Analysis
... automated detection, external elastic membrane and lumen borders were manually ...coronary plaque plus media ...quantitative plaque parameters was ...1) plaque burden ⬎40%; 2) the presence of ...
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Relationship among coronary plaque compliance, coronary risk factors and tissue characteristics evaluated by integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound
... 2. Nissen SE, Yock P: Intravascular ultrasound: novel pathophysiological insight and current clinical applications. Circulation 2001, 103:604 – 616. 3. Mintz GS, Nissen SE, Anderson WD, Bailey SR, Erbel R, ...
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CURRENT TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING
... Early detection is an effective way to diagnose and manage breast ...imaging technologies for breast cancer screening have been developed, including; X- ray Mammography, Contrast Enhanced Mammography, ...
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Lumen Border Detection of Intravascular Ultrasound via Denoising of Directional Wavelet Representations
... morphological cross-sectional grayscale images of arterial walls but also makes atherosclerotic tissue characterization feasible, using IVUS radiofrequency (RF) signals and images [2,3]. IVUS image segmentation has been ...
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Detection of intravascular coagulation
... disseminated intravascular coagulation in two patients with meningococcemia, two patients with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and three patients in whom therapeutic abortions were induced by the injection of ...
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Depiction of carotid plaque ulceration and other plaque related disorders by intravascular sonography: a flow chamber study
... by Intravascular Sonography: A Flow Chamber Study La´ szlo´ Miskolczi, Lee ...of intravascular sonography to depict plaque ulceration and to identify the limitations of and the artifacts associated ...
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Determination of Plaque Distribution in Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging: Visualization of an Unfolded Artery
... Keywords: Intravascular ultrasound, Visualization, Image processing, ...three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound (3D IVUS) reconstruction algorithm was developed to provide volumetric 3D visualization of ...
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Adiponectin in Relation to Coronary Plaque Characteristics on Radiofrequency Intravascular Ultrasound and Cardiovascular Outcome
... histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS)-derived measures of atherosclerosis and with major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in pa- tients with established coronary artery ...atherosclerosis- intravascular ...
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Intravascular catheter-related infection - current concepts
... include intravascular infections, have recently been ...to intravascular CRI have been put forward by various workers, but many have complicated matters and been ...of intravascular catheter ...
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Detection of periodontal bacteria in atherosclerotic plaque
... with plaque destabilisation and symptomatology, such as presence of IPV and occurrence of IPH and more infrequently, calcified ...variable plaque feature was IPV; observed either as typical oval shaped ...
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Sonographic Characterization of Carotid Plaque: Detection of Hemorrhage
... By careful evaluation of the sonographic characteristics of carotid plaques, two patterns can be identified: (1) a homogeneous pattern containing uniform echoes cor[r] ...
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Automatic soft plaque detection from CTA
... soft plaque, we chose 2 datasets where the soft plaque intensities were nicely homogeneous and that had no noise artifacts due to the presence of ...blood, plaque and cardiac muscle near the edges ...
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Clinical review: New technologies for prevention of intravascular catheter related infections
... Abstract Intravascular catheters have become essential devices for the management of critically and chronically ill ...new technologies for preventing infections that are directed at ...
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Atherosclerotic plaque composition assessed by virtual histology intravascular ultrasound and cerebral embolization after carotid stenting
... Since CAS was introduced for the treatment of carotid stenosis, cerebral embolization has been considered one of the main limitations of this procedure. The recognition of embolization of plaque debris to the ...
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