Intravascular imaging : current applications and research developments /

"This book presents available intravascular imaging techniques and analyzes their impact in clinical practice and research"--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Tsakanikas, Vasilios D., 1983- (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61350-095-8
Summary: "This book presents available intravascular imaging techniques and analyzes their impact in clinical practice and research"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (374 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781613500965 (ebook)
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: RC670
CLC: R816.2
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, H ector 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.