New imaging techniques for diagnosing coronary artery disease

E Escolar, G Weigold, A Fuisz, NJ Weissman - Cmaj, 2006 - Can Med Assoc
New tomographic cardiovascular imaging tests, such as intravascular ultrasonography
(IVUS), coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography and magnetic resonance imaging …

[PDF][PDF] Coronary imaging: angiography shows the stenosis, but IVUS, CT, and MRI show the plaque

P Schoenhagen, RD White, SE Nissen… - … Clinic journal of …, 2003 - academia.edu
■ ABSTRACT Angiography is the standard clinical test for advanced coronary artery
disease. Tomographic cardiovascular imaging tests, ie, intravascular ultrasonography …

Identification and quantification of coronary atherosclerotic plaques: a comparison of 64-MDCT and intravascular ultrasound

J Sun, Z Zhang, B Lu, W Yu, Y Yang… - American journal of …, 2008 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of 64-MDCT with that of
intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for the identification and quantitative analysis of coronary …

Imaging of coronary atherosclerosis using computed tomography: current status and future directions

S Achenbach, WG Daniel - Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2004 - Springer
Computed tomography (CT) imaging of the coronary arteries, using either electron beam
tomography (EBT) or multidetector row CT (MDCT), offers two possibilities to assess …

Detection and quantification of coronary atherosclerotic plaque by 64-slice multidetector CT: a systematic head-to-head comparison with intravascular ultrasound

SL Papadopoulou, LA Neefjes, M Schaap, HL Li… - Atherosclerosis, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the ability of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography
(MDCT)-derived plaque parameters to detect and quantify coronary atherosclerosis, using …

Coronary plaque characterization using CT

F Saremi, S Achenbach - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. In this article, we review the histopathologic classification of coronary
atherosclerotic plaques and describe the possibilities and limitations of CT regarding the …

[BOOK][B] Atherosclerotic plaque characterization methods based on coronary imaging

LS Athanasiou, DI Fotiadis, LK Michalis - 2017 - books.google.com
Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization Methods Based on Coronary Imaging provides a
complete review of computer methods for atherosclerotic plaque reconstruction and …

Comprehensive plaque assessment by coronary CT angiography

P Maurovich-Horvat, M Ferencik, S Voros… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Most acute coronary syndromes are caused by sudden luminal thrombosis due to
atherosclerotic plaque rupture or erosion. Preventing such an event seems to be the only …

Detection of calcified and noncalcified coronary atherosclerotic plaque by contrast-enhanced, submillimeter multidetector spiral computed tomography: a segment …

S Achenbach, F Moselewski, D Ropers, M Ferencik… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—We investigated the ability of multidetector spiral computed tomography
(MDCT) to detect atherosclerotic plaque in nonstenotic coronary arteries. Methods and …

Imaging of the vulnerable plaque: new modalities

V Bhatia, R Bhatia, S Dhindsa, M Dhindsa - Southern medical journal, 2003 - go.gale.com
Atherosclerosis is currently considered to be an inflammatory and thus a systemic disease
affecting multiple arterial beds. Recent advances in intravascular imaging have shown …