Mobile, single-sided NMR has its origin in inside-out NMR, where NMR spectrometers are
lowered into bore holes for analysis of fluids in the surrounding rock matrix. Similar …

Cardiovascular diseases are still the primary causes of mortality in the United States and in
Western Europe. Arterial thrombosis is triggered by a ruptured atherosclerotic plaque and …

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of noninvasive assessment of the characteristics of
disrupted atherosclerotic plaques, the authors interrogated the culprit lesions in acute …

Objectives: This study sought to assess agreement between an intravascular near-infrared
spectroscopy (NIRS) system and histology in coronary autopsy specimens. Background …

However, there is also evidence that the lesions causing clinical events are focal.
Interventional cardiologists generally find that a single location is responsible for an acute …

sclerosis detection) and myocardial (eg, differentiating endocardium from epicardium)
applications that must also overcome cardiac and respiratory motion and blood flow. In …

Molecular and Cellular Imaging of Atherosclerosis: Emerging Applications Farouc A. Jaffer,
Peter Libby, Ralph Weissleder Molecular imaging studies have shed light on important …

Cardiovascular disease is by far the main cause of death in the world. In the United States,
every 30 seconds 1 person experiences a heart attack, and the incidence is increasing …

Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States, and
an estimated 1.4 million Americans have a heart attack each year. Over the past 2 decades …

The current OCT catheter has a stationary outer sheath so that the inner imaging core can
rotate safely to provide crosssectional images. This design also facilitates an automated …