Assessing atherosclerotic plaque morphology: Comparison of optical coherence tomography and high frequency intravascular ultrasound

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 397-403

  Brezinski, M E ^a,c   Tearney, G J ^b   Weissman, N J ^a   Boppart, S A ^b   Bouma, B E ^b   Hee, M R ^b   Weyman, A E ^a   Swanson, E A ^c   Southern, J F ^a   Fujimoto, J G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Infrared light; Intravascular ultrasound; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 8544273292     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.5.397     Document Type: Article

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