Aims: Atherosclerosis is considered both a systemic and focal disease. Current diagnostic
tools do not allow adequate in vivo identification and characterisation of lesions. Advanced …

The pathology of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is complex; multiple biological pathways
have been implicated, including, but not limited to, inflammation and oxidative stress …

This paper comprehensively reviews the emerging topic of optoacoustic imaging from the
image reconstruction and quantification perspective. Optoacoustic imaging combines highly …

Background Differences in prognosis and baseline clinical presentation have been
documented among patient with acute coronary syndrome and coronary artery disease with …

Expert consensus statement on the use of fractional flow reserve, intravascular ultrasound, and
optical coherence tomography: a consensus statement of the Society of Cardiovascular …

The socioeconomic importance of heart disease provides considerable motivation for
development of radiologic tools for noninvasive imaging of the coronary arteries. Current …

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationship between shear
stress distribution and coronary plaque rupture by means of a new color-mapping program …

Background and Purpose—Atherosclerosis is a diffuse, chronic inflammatory disorder that
involves the vascular, metabolic, and immune systems and leads to plaque vulnerability …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a burgeoning imaging technology that provides vital
information for the diagnosis of coronary arterial diseases. A significant constituent that …

Gray-scale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is the modality that has been established as the
golden standard for in vivo imaging of the vessel wall of the coronary arteries. The use of …