Fig. 12.1 Advances in CT scanners Patient Preparation Image quality is optimised by patient preparation prior to image acquisition. Oral or intravenous beta blockers are administered to reduce heart rate…
Fig. 8.1 Normal artery wall. Normal artery wall shows a three-layered architecture, comprising a high backscattering, thin intima, a low backscattering media, and a heterogeneous and/or high backscattering adventitia (Courtesy…
Fig. 9.1 Endarterectomized carotid plaques show temperature heterogeneity Human Ex Vivo Thermography Studies The hypothesis that plaque temperature is a marker of local inflammation was originally proposed on the basis…
Fig. 14.1 This diagram depicts the typical schematic of a bifunctional molecular imaging agent. The imaging moiety (signal generation molecule) on the left connects to a targeting moiety on the…
Fig. 10.1 TVC imaging system, which is a combination NIRS and IVUS system. (a) The console includes two touch-screen monitors displaying the NIRS chemogram and IVUS images (transverse and longitudinal)….
Fig. 7.1 Intravascular ultrasound signal is obtained from the vessel wall (a). Grayscale intravascular ultrasound imaging is formed by the envelope (amplitude) (b) of the radiofrequency signal (c). By grayscale,…
Fig. 5.1 IVUS-derived plaque evident in angiographically normal segments. A coronary angiogram showing minimal atherosclerotic disease within the mid portion of the left circumflex artery. Inset shows the corresponding IVUS…
Fig. 13.1 (a) Axial view of proximal right coronary artery (thin arrows) and left coronary artery (thick arrows) acquired on 1.5 T system using the whole heart, navigator technique. AO…
Fig. 4.1 The three-layered appearance of a cross sectional coronary artery as assessed by IVUS. I intima, M media, A adventitia, L lumen, C IVUS catheter There are two different…
Fig. 6.1 Several traditional and nontraditional factors are associated with the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy Evaluation The clinical evaluation for CAV is challenging as the development and progression of…
