TY - JOUR
T1 - Expert review document on methodology, terminology, and clinical applications of optical coherence tomography
T2 - Physical principles, methodology of image acquisition, and clinical application for assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis
AU - Prati, Francesco
AU - Regar, Evelyn
AU - Mintz, Gary S.
AU - Arbustini, Eloisa
AU - Di Mario, Carlo
AU - Jang, Ik Kyung
AU - Akasaka, Takashi
AU - Costa, Marco
AU - Guagliumi, Giulio
AU - Grube, Eberhard
AU - Ozaki, Yukio
AU - Pinto, Fausto
AU - Serruys, Patrick W.J.
N1 - Funding Information:
H.M. is supported by TinyTickers, the foetal heart charity (www.tinytickers.org). H.M. and H.G. are grateful for support from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre funding scheme.
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel intravascular imaging modality, based on infrared light emission, that enables a high resolution arterial wall imaging, in the range of 10-20 microns. This feature of OCT allows the visualization of specific components of the atherosclerotic plaques. The aim of the present Expert Review Document is to address the methodology, terminology and clinical applications of OCT for qualitative and quantitative assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis.
AB - Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel intravascular imaging modality, based on infrared light emission, that enables a high resolution arterial wall imaging, in the range of 10-20 microns. This feature of OCT allows the visualization of specific components of the atherosclerotic plaques. The aim of the present Expert Review Document is to address the methodology, terminology and clinical applications of OCT for qualitative and quantitative assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis.
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U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp433
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp433
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19892716
AN - SCOPUS:77249092502
SN - 0195-668X
VL - 31
SP - 401
EP - 415
JO - European heart journal
JF - European heart journal
IS - 4
ER -