Tissue characterization of coronary plaques and assessment of thickness of fibrous cap using integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound - Comparison with histology and optical coherence tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2641-2648

  Kawasaki, Masanori ^a   Hattori, Arihiro ^a   Ishihara, Yoshiyuki ^a   Okubo, Munenori ^a   Nishigaki, Kazuhiko ^a   Takemura, Genzou ^a   Saio, Masanao ^a   Takami, Tsuyoshi ^a   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary plaque; Fibrous cap; Integrated backscatter; Intravascular ultrasound; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78649693326     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0547     Document Type: Article

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