Relationship between thin cap fibroatheroma identifed by virtual histology and angioscopic yellow plaque in quantitative analysis with colorimetry

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-502

  Yamamoto, Masanori ^a   Takano, Masamichi ^a   Okamatsu, Kentaro ^a   Murakami, Daisuke ^a   Inami, Shigenobu ^a   Xie, Yong ^a   Seimiya, Koji ^a   Ohba, Takayoshi ^a   Seino, Yoshihiko ^a   Mizuno, Kyoichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioscopy; Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLORIMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; VIRTUAL REALITY; YELLOW PLAQUE;

AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 62649124729     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0762     Document Type: Article

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