Background—To test the hypothesis of general atherosclerotic plaque destabilization during
acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the present study sought to analyze the 3 coronary arteries …

BACKGROUND: OCT can image plaque microstructure at a level of resolution not previously
demonstrated with other imaging techniques because it uses infrared light rather than …

Intravascular sonography is a valuable tool for the morphologic assessment of coronary
atherosclerosis and the effect of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions on the …

The extra-cranial venous system is complex and not well studied in comparison to the
peripheral venous system. A newly proposed vascular condition, named chronic …

Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) is a diagnostic imaging technique that provides
tomographic visualization of coronary arteries. The aim of this study was to evaluate five …

PURPOSE: To evaluate if T2-weighted high-spatial-resolution magnetic resonance (MR)
imaging (117 μm per pixel) can help accurate classification of atherosclerotic plaques …

Background Spontaneous rupture of atherosclerotic plaques is known to be involved in the
mechanism leading to acute coronary syndromes. Means to detect plaques prone to rupture …

Mapping the local elastic properties of an atherosclerotic artery is of major interest for
predicting the disease evolution or an intervention outcome. These properties can be …

Current intravascular ultrasound techniques produce real-time imaging of a vessel cross-
section with a scan plane approximately normal to blood flow. When a cluster of randomly …

Background and objectives The purpose of this study was to propose a hybrid ensemble
classifier to characterize coronary plaque regions in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images …