Atherosclerotic plaque characterization with optoacoustic imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5697, Issue , 2005, Pages 217-223

  Henrichs, P M ^a   Meador, J W ^a   Fuqua, J M ^a   Oraevsky, A A ^a  

^a Fairway Medical Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Heart disease; Intravascular imaging; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; HEART DISEASE; INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING; VULNERABLE PLAQUE;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; HEALTH; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POPULATION STATISTICS; ULTRASONICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DISEASES;

EID: 23244468110     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.591593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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