Coronary artery calcification (CAC) was once thought to be a passive, degenerative, and
quiescent development of disease. However, it has now been shown to be an active process …

At present, artificial intelligence (AI) has already been applied in cardiovascular imaging (eg,
image segmentation, automated measurements, and eventually, automated diagnosis) and …

Aims To evaluate the effect of long-term maximally intensive statin therapy on indices of
coronary atheroma composition in a randomized trial, and how these changes relate to …

Coronary angiography has long been the standard for coronary imaging, but it has
limitations in assessing vessel wall anatomy and guiding percutaneous coronary …

Coronary heart diseases are ranked as the top diseases causing death in many countries
worldwide. Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) directly images the vessel from inside and …

Ultrasound is becoming an ever increasingly important modality in medical care. However,
underlying physical acquisition principles are prone to image artifacts and result in overall …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is commonly used as an adjunct to the imaging-based
diagnosis of vascular plaques that have been primarily imaged with computed tomography …

Coronary angiography remains the gold standard imaging method for the detection of
coronary artery disease (CAD) and its widespread clinical application has steered patients …

One of the major challenges and concerns of researchers is an early detection and
diagnosis of thin-cap-fibro-atheroma or vulnerable plaque to prevent the sudden heart …

Direct visualization of the atherosclerotic burden in coronary artery disease (CAD) emerged
in the 1990s and was the subject of many studies aiming to understand the progression of …