Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging
Atherosclerosis is a chronic immunomodulated disease that affects multiple vascular beds and results in a significant worldwide disease burden. Conventional imaging modalities focus on the morphological features of atherosclerotic disease such as the degree of stenosis caused by a lesion. Modern CT,...
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| author | Maaz B.J. Syed Alexander J. Fletcher Rachael O. Forsythe Jakub Kaczynski David E. Newby Marc R. Dweck Edwin J. R. van Beek |
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| description | Atherosclerosis is a chronic immunomodulated disease that affects multiple vascular beds and results in a significant worldwide disease burden. Conventional imaging modalities focus on the morphological features of atherosclerotic disease such as the degree of stenosis caused by a lesion. Modern CT, MR and positron emission tomography scanners have seen significant improvements in the rapidity of image acquisition and spatial resolution. This has increased the scope for the clinical application of these modalities. Multimodality imaging can improve cardiovascular risk prediction by informing on the constituency and metabolic processes within the vessel wall. Specific disease processes can be targeted using novel biological tracers and smart contrast agents. These approaches have the potential to inform clinicians of the metabolic state of atherosclerotic plaque.
This review will provide an overview of current imaging techniques for the imaging of atherosclerosis and how various modalities can provide information that enhances the depiction of basic morphology.
This publication is the reprint with Russian translation from original: Syed MB, Fletcher AJ, Forsythe RO, Kaczynski J, Newby DE, Dweck MR, van Beek EJ. Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging. Br J Radiol. 2019;92(1103):20180309. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20180309. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-944f89ac868b42e0a169cbb0a0e6d7e32022-12-21T23:30:36ZengEco-VectorDigital Diagnostics2712-84902712-89622021-10-012338640910.17816/DD7163365519Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imagingMaaz B.J. Syed0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0530-8306Alexander J. Fletcher1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9984-8391Rachael O. Forsythe2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3311-9599Jakub Kaczynski3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-6860David E. Newby4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-4628Marc R. Dweck5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9847-5917Edwin J. R. van Beek6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-5071University of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghAtherosclerosis is a chronic immunomodulated disease that affects multiple vascular beds and results in a significant worldwide disease burden. Conventional imaging modalities focus on the morphological features of atherosclerotic disease such as the degree of stenosis caused by a lesion. Modern CT, MR and positron emission tomography scanners have seen significant improvements in the rapidity of image acquisition and spatial resolution. This has increased the scope for the clinical application of these modalities. Multimodality imaging can improve cardiovascular risk prediction by informing on the constituency and metabolic processes within the vessel wall. Specific disease processes can be targeted using novel biological tracers and smart contrast agents. These approaches have the potential to inform clinicians of the metabolic state of atherosclerotic plaque. This review will provide an overview of current imaging techniques for the imaging of atherosclerosis and how various modalities can provide information that enhances the depiction of basic morphology. This publication is the reprint with Russian translation from original: Syed MB, Fletcher AJ, Forsythe RO, Kaczynski J, Newby DE, Dweck MR, van Beek EJ. Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging. Br J Radiol. 2019;92(1103):20180309. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20180309.https://jdigitaldiagnostics.com/DD/article/viewFile/71633/pdfatherosclerosisultrasound diagnosticsradiologymagnetic resonance imagingpositron emission tomographycardiovascular riskoptical coherence tomographymolecular imaging |
| spellingShingle | Maaz B.J. Syed Alexander J. Fletcher Rachael O. Forsythe Jakub Kaczynski David E. Newby Marc R. Dweck Edwin J. R. van Beek Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging Digital Diagnostics atherosclerosis ultrasound diagnostics radiology magnetic resonance imaging positron emission tomography cardiovascular risk optical coherence tomography molecular imaging |
| title | Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging |
| title_full | Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging |
| title_fullStr | Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging |
| title_short | Emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging |
| title_sort | emerging techniques in atherosclerosis imaging |
| topic | atherosclerosis ultrasound diagnostics radiology magnetic resonance imaging positron emission tomography cardiovascular risk optical coherence tomography molecular imaging |
| url | https://jdigitaldiagnostics.com/DD/article/viewFile/71633/pdf |
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