TY - JOUR
T1 - Hybrid intravascular imaging
T2 - Current applications and prospective potential in the study of coronary atherosclerosis
AU - Bourantas, Christos V.
AU - Garcia-Garcia, Hector M.
AU - Naka, Katerina K.
AU - Sakellarios, Antonios
AU - Athanasiou, Lambros
AU - Fotiadis, Dimitrios I.
AU - Michalis, Lampros K.
AU - Serruys, Patrick W.
PY - 2013/4/2
Y1 - 2013/4/2
N2 - The miniaturization of medical devices and the progress in image processing have allowed the development of a multitude of intravascular imaging modalities that permit more meticulous examination of coronary pathology. However, these techniques have significant inherent limitations that do not allow a complete and thorough assessment of coronary anatomy. To overcome these drawbacks, fusion of different invasive and noninvasive imaging modalities has been proposed. This integration has provided models that give a more detailed understanding of coronary artery pathology and have proved useful in the study of the atherosclerotic process. In this review, the authors describe the currently available hybrid imaging approaches, discuss the technological innovations and efficient algorithms that have been developed to integrate information provided by different invasive techniques, and stress the advantages of the obtained models and their potential in the study of coronary atherosclerosis.
AB - The miniaturization of medical devices and the progress in image processing have allowed the development of a multitude of intravascular imaging modalities that permit more meticulous examination of coronary pathology. However, these techniques have significant inherent limitations that do not allow a complete and thorough assessment of coronary anatomy. To overcome these drawbacks, fusion of different invasive and noninvasive imaging modalities has been proposed. This integration has provided models that give a more detailed understanding of coronary artery pathology and have proved useful in the study of the atherosclerotic process. In this review, the authors describe the currently available hybrid imaging approaches, discuss the technological innovations and efficient algorithms that have been developed to integrate information provided by different invasive techniques, and stress the advantages of the obtained models and their potential in the study of coronary atherosclerosis.
KW - coronary artery disease
KW - hybrid imaging
KW - intravascular photoacoustic imaging
KW - intravascular ultrasound
KW - near-infrared spectroscopy
KW - optical coherence tomography
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84875474573
U2 - 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.10.057
DO - 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.10.057
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23500282
AN - SCOPUS:84875474573
SN - 0735-1097
VL - 61
SP - 1369
EP - 1378
JO - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
IS - 13
ER -
