Three stars of the constellation of color intravascular ultrasound in the space of tissue characterization of coronary plaque

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-187

  Hiro, Takafumi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; METAPHOR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84873083279     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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