Intravascular photoacoustic imaging: A new tool for vulnerable plaque identification

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1037-1048

  Jansen, Krista ^a,b   Van Soest, Gijs ^a   van der Steen, Antonius F W ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Photoacoustic imaging; Tissue characterization; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

CALCIUM; LIPID; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD; CALCIFICATION; CONTRAST; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING CATHETER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND CATHETER; LASER; LIGHT INTENSITY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VULNERABLE ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ANIMAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84899904512     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.01.008     Document Type: Review

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