| Atherosclerotic plaque characterization by spatial and temporal speckle pattern analysis. | |
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PMID: 18007856 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Improved methods are needed to identify the vulnerable coronary plaques responsible for acute myocardial infraction or sudden cardiac death. We describe a method for characterizing the structure and biomechanical properties of atherosclerotic plaques based on speckle pattern fluctuations. Near-field speckle images were acquired from five human aortic specimens ex vivo. The speckle decorrelation time constant varied significantly for vulnerable aortic plaques (tau=40 ms) versus stable plaques (tau=400 ms) and normal aorta (tau=500 ms) . These initial results indicate that different atherosclerotic plaque types may be distinguished by analysis of temporal and spatial speckle pattern fluctuations. |
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Guillermo J Tearney; Brett E Bouma |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Optics letters Volume: 27 ISSN: 0146-9592 ISO Abbreviation: Opt Lett Publication Date: 2002 Apr |
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Created Date: 2007-11-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7708433 Medline TA: Opt Lett Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 533-5 Citation Subset: - |
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