Identification of coronary plaque sub-types using virtual histology intravascular ultrasound is affected by inter-observer variability and differences in plaque definitions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-93

  Obaid, Daniel R ^a   Calvert, Patrick A ^a   McNab, Duncan ^a   West, Nick E J ^a   Bennett, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Intravascular ultrasound; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; VIRTUAL REALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84858321191     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.965442     Document Type: Article

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