Early detection of vulnerable plaques is the critical step in the prevention of acute coronary events.Morphology,composition,and mechanical property of a coronary artery have been demonstrated to be the key characteri...Early detection of vulnerable plaques is the critical step in the prevention of acute coronary events.Morphology,composition,and mechanical property of a coronary artery have been demonstrated to be the key characteristics for the identification of vulnerable plaques.Several intravascular multimodal imaging technologies providing co-registered simultaneous images have been developed and applied in clinical studies to improve the characterization of atherosclerosis.In this paper,the authors review the present system and probe designs of representative intra-vascular multimodal techniques.In addition,the scientific innovations,potential limitations,and future directions of these technologies are also discussed.展开更多
基金Theauthors acknowledge funding from National Institutes of Health(R01HL-125084.R01HL-127271,R01EY-026091,R01EY-028662)American Heart Association(18PRE34050021)the National Science Foundation(DGE-1839285).
文摘Early detection of vulnerable plaques is the critical step in the prevention of acute coronary events.Morphology,composition,and mechanical property of a coronary artery have been demonstrated to be the key characteristics for the identification of vulnerable plaques.Several intravascular multimodal imaging technologies providing co-registered simultaneous images have been developed and applied in clinical studies to improve the characterization of atherosclerosis.In this paper,the authors review the present system and probe designs of representative intra-vascular multimodal techniques.In addition,the scientific innovations,potential limitations,and future directions of these technologies are also discussed.