Histogram analysis of lipid-core plaques in coronary computed tomographic angiography: Ex vivo validation against histology

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 646-653

  Schlett, Christopher L ^a,b,c   Maurovich Horvat, Pál ^a,b   Ferencik, Maros ^a,b   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a,b   Stolzmann, Paul ^a,b   Scheffel, Hans ^a,b   Seifarth, Harald ^a,b   Nakano, Masataka ^d   Do, Synho ^a,b   Vorpahl, Marc ^d   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^c   Bamberg, Fabian ^a,b   Tearney, Guillermo J ^b   Virmani, Renu ^b   Hoffmann, Udo ^a,b  

^a Cardiac MR PET CT Program   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography; histology; lipid core plaque; low attenuation plaque; optical coherence tomography; quantitative histogram analysis

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; METHYLCELLULOSE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY LIPID CORE PLAQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 84883455584     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31828fdf9f     Document Type: Article

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