Intravascular imaging current applications and research developments /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Tsakanikas, Vasilios D., 1983-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Coronary heart disease > Diagnosis.; Heart > Imaging.; Heart > Thermography.; Angiography.; Coronary Artery Disease > iagnosis.; Diagnostic Imaging > methods.; Angioscopy; Fusion methodologies; Intravascular imaging; Future trends; Intravascular magnetic resonance imaging; Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); Near infrared spectroscopy; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Rheology; Thermography
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"This book presents available intravascular imaging techniques and analyzes their impact in clinical practice and research"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Basic principles of image acquisition / Ourania Katsarou and Manolis Vavuranakis
• 2. Intravascular image interpretation / Katerina K. Naka and Nikolaos D. Papamichael
• 3. IVUS image processing methodologies / Antonis A. Sakellarios ... [et al.]
• 4. Analysis of radiofrequency ultrasound signals: tissue characterization with virtual histology and palpography / Attila Thury, Héctor M. Garcia-Garcia and Evelyn Regar
• 5. Implications of intracoronary ultrasound imaging for clinical practice / Christos V. Bourantas ... [et al.]
• 6. Research utility of intravascular ultrasound / Hector M. Garcia-Garcia ... [et al.]
• 7. Imaging by angioscopy / Michael Rees
• 8. Thermography: basic principles of data acquisition / Konstantinos Toutouzas, Maria Drakopoulou and Christodoulos Stefanadis
• 9. Research and clinical utility of thermography / Konstantinos Toutouzas ... [et al.]
• 10. Optical coherence tomography: basic principles of image acquisition / Lambros S. Athanasiou ... [et al.]
• 11. Optical coherence tomography image interpretation and image processing methodologies / Simon D. Thackray ... [et al.]
• 12. OCT in the clinical practice and data from clinical studies / Francesco Prati ... [et al.]
• 13. Research utility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) / Konstantinos Toutouzas, Antonios Karanasos and Christodoulos Stefanadis
• 14. Intravascular imaging of lipid core plaque by near-infrared spectroscopy / Emmanouil S. Brilakis ... [et al.]
• 15. Intracardiac echocardiography: procedural steps and clinical application / Rajesh K. Nair, Poay Huan Loh and Lars Sondergaard
• 16. Analysis of the existing data fusion methodologies for 3D coronary imaging / Panagiotis Siogkas ... [et al.]
• 17. Current status of intravascular imaging with IVUS and OCT: the clinical implications of intravascular imaging / Angela Hoye
• 18. Current clinical status of vascular non-invasive imaging methodologies / Thanjavur Bragadeesh and Ann C. Tweddel
• 19. Intravascular imaging and haemodynamics: the role of shear stress in atherosclerosis and in-stent restenosis / Michail I. Papafaklis and Lampros K. Michalis
• 20. Future trends in intravascular imaging / George D. Giannoglou and Yiannis S. Chatzizisis
• 21. Future trends in 3D intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) reconstruction / George D. Giannoglou and Antonios P. Antoniadis
• 22. Future trends in coronary CT angiography / George D. Giannoglou and Sotirios A. Katranas
• 23. Coronary plaque vulnerability: molecular and cellular mechanisms and novel imaging modalities / George D. Giannoglou and Konstantinos C. Koskinas.