Surgery and drug therapy are the two principal options for cancer treatment. However, their
clinical benefits are hindered by the difficulty of accurate location of the tumors and timely …

The leading cause of death in the world, cardiovascular disease (CVD), remains a
formidable condition for researchers, clinicians and patients alike. CVD comprises a broad …

Expert recommendations on the assessment of wall shear stress in human coronary arteries:
existing methodologies, technical considerations, and clinical applications | European Heart …

For more than two decades, Raman spectroscopy has found widespread use in biological
and medical applications. The instrumentation and the statistical evaluation procedures …

The pathological assessment of surgical specimens during surgery can reduce the
incidence of positive resection margins, which otherwise can result in additional surgeries or …

Despite advanced understanding of the biology of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease
remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Progress has been challenging as half of the …

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been increasingly utilised to guide percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI). Despite the diagnostic utility of OCT, facilitated by its high …

As a well-known medical imaging methodology, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging
plays a critical role in diagnosis, treatment guidance and post-treatment assessment of …

Acute cardiovascular events, due to rupture or erosion of an atherosclerotic plaque,
represent the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients. Growing evidence suggests …

Although it is the method used by most interventional cardiologists to assess the severity of
coronary artery disease and guide treatment, coronary angiography has many known …