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Grayscale IVUS and Virtual Histology of TCFA.
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posted on 2013-07-25, 01:46 authored by Kjetil H. Løland, Øyvind Bleie, Elin Strand, Per M. Ueland, Jan E. Nordrehaug, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Patrick W. Serruys, Ottar NygårdA thin cap fibroatheroma (asterisk) in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery of one of the study patients. The left panel shows an intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency image which is subsequently used to make the virtual histology image in the right panel. Green is fibrous tissue, yellow is fibro-fatty, red is necrotic core and white is calcified tissue.
