Targeted Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Atherosclerosis
Author(s) -
Johan Verjans,
Eric A. Osborn,
Giovanni Jacopo Ughi,
Marcella Calfon Press,
Ehsan Hamidi,
Antonios Antoniadis,
Michail I. Papafaklis,
Mark F. Conrad,
Peter Libby,
Peter H. Stone,
Richard P. Cambria,
Guillermo J. Tearney,
Farouc A. Jaffer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.01.034
Subject(s) - indocyanine green , atheroma , intravascular ultrasound , medicine , fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy , saline , pathology , radiology , vulnerable plaque , fibrous cap , carotid endarterectomy , endarterectomy , stenosis , fluorescence , physics , quantum mechanics
This study sought to determine whether indocyanine green (ICG)-enhanced near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging can illuminate high-risk histologic plaque features of human carotid atherosclerosis, and in coronary atheroma of living swine, using intravascular NIRF-optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging.
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