TY - GEN
T1 - Automatic lipid detection in human coronary atherosclerosis using spectroscopic intravascular photoacoustic imaging
AU - Jansen, Krista
AU - Van Der Steen, Antonius Fw
AU - Van Beusekom, Heleen Mm
AU - Springeling, Geert
AU - Wu, Min
AU - Mastik, Frits
AU - Van Soest, Gijs
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Lipid content is a key factor in vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques that may lead to myocardial infarction. Intravascular photoacoustic (IVPA) imaging is a possible method to identify lipid content in the artery wall. We developed a method to automatically detect lipids in human coronary atherosclerosis using spectroscopic IVPA. In cross-sectional IVPA/intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) scans of fresh ex vivo human coronary arteries, we correlated the photoacoustic spectra to a reference lipid spectrum in the 1200 nm spectral range. Correlation coeffcients above a certain cut-off value indicated similarity between IVPA and reference lipid spectra. Automatically detected lipid areas exhibited good correspondence with the histological lipid stain of the same cross section.
AB - Lipid content is a key factor in vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques that may lead to myocardial infarction. Intravascular photoacoustic (IVPA) imaging is a possible method to identify lipid content in the artery wall. We developed a method to automatically detect lipids in human coronary atherosclerosis using spectroscopic IVPA. In cross-sectional IVPA/intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) scans of fresh ex vivo human coronary arteries, we correlated the photoacoustic spectra to a reference lipid spectrum in the 1200 nm spectral range. Correlation coeffcients above a certain cut-off value indicated similarity between IVPA and reference lipid spectra. Automatically detected lipid areas exhibited good correspondence with the histological lipid stain of the same cross section.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84882353503&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0009
DO - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0009
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84882353503
SN - 9781467345613
T3 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
SP - 32
EP - 35
BT - 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2012
Y2 - 7 October 2012 through 10 October 2012
ER -