Evaluation of plaque composition by intravascular ultrasound "virtual histology": The impact of dense calcium on the measurement of necrotic tissue

EuroIntervention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 394-399

  Sales, Fernando J R ^a   Falcão, Breno A ^a   Falcão, João L A ^a   Ribeiro, Expedito E ^a   Perin, Marco A ^a   Horta, Pedro E ^a   Spadaro, André G ^a   Ambrose, John A ^b   Martinez, Eulógio E ^a   Furuie, Sergio S ^a   Lemos, Pedro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Intravascular ultrasound; Plaque imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE NECROSIS; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79952798180     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV6I3A65     Document Type: Article

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