Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Opens a Window Onto Coronary Artery Disease

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 20-25

  Schmitt, Joseph ^a   Kolstad, David ^a   Petersen, Christopher ^a  

^a LightLab Imaging Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ULTRASONICS; X RAYS;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRON BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BLOOD; CALCINATION; DISEASES; FIBER OPTICS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES; X RAYS;

EID: 1642587331     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPN.15.2.000020     Document Type: Review

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