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Comparison of different imaging methods for detection of vulnerable plaque
LI Ming-hua  LI Mei 

DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.06.004.


[Abstract] The imaging methods for detection of atherosclerotic plaque can be divided into invasive and noninvasive techniques, the noninvasive techniques include color Doppler ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and MR imaging (MRI), etc; the invasive techniques include digital subtraction angiography (DSA), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), and intravascular MRI, etc. Because every imaging method has its advantage and disadvantage, comparitive study on noninvasive imaging methods for the evaluation of vulnerable plaque will bring benefits for the methodological optimization. Combination of different methods can improve the accuracy.
[Keywords] Vulnerable plaque；Ultrasound；Computed tomography；Magnetic resonance imaging；Radionuclide imaging；Optical coherence tomography；DSA

LI Ming-hua Department of Radiology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200233, China

LI Mei* Department of Radiology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200233, China

*Correspondence to: Li M, E-mail: baoxinyi51@yahoo.com.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2010-08-10
Accepted  2010-10-14
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.06.004
DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.06.004.

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