Intravascular Ultrasound

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. From Idea to Clinical Application

   • Nicolaas Bom, Charles T. Lancée, Hans Rijsterborgh, Harm ten Hoff, Jos R. T. C. Roelandt

   Pages 1-16

3. Intracoronary Ultrasound Scanning — Clinical Experience and New Insights

   • Paul G. Yock, Peter J. Fitzgerald, Krishnankutty Sudhir

   Pages 17-32

4. Differentiation of Coronary Syndromes with Intracoronary Ultrasound

   • Raimund Erbel, Junbo Ge, D. Schümann, Günter Görge, Michael Haude, Thomas Gerber et al.

   Pages 33-43

5. Similarities and Differences Between Coronary and Iliofemoral Arteries Related to Intravascular Ultrasound

   • Elma J. Gussenhoven, Aad van der Lugt, Salem H. K. The, Pim de Feyter, Patrick W. Serruys, Robert J. van Suylen et al.

   Pages 45-62

6. Three-Dimensional Intracoronary Ultrasound. Goals and Practical Problems

   • Carlo Di Mario, Li Wenguang, David T. Linker, Pim J. de Feyter, Nicolaas Bom, Patrick W. Serruys et al.

   Pages 63-77

7. Computer-Aided Intravascular Ultrasound Diagnostics

   • Li Wenguang, Carolien J. Bouma, Elma J. Gussenhoven, Bart M. Haar ter Romeny, Gerard Pasterkamp, Hans Rijsterborgh et al.

   Pages 79-90

8. High Frequency Ultrasound Scanning of the Arterial Wall

   • F. Stuart Foster, Linda K. Ryan, Geoff R. Lockwood

   Pages 91-108

9. Quantitative Characterization of Arterial Tissue and Blood: Complications and Perspectives

   • Machteld G. M. de Kroon, Maurits S. van der Heiden, Nicolaas Bom, Cornelius Borst

   Pages 109-118

10. Ultrasonic Scattering Properties of Blood

    • K. Kirk Shung, I. Y. Kuo, G. Cloutier

    Pages 119-139

11. Technical Considerations of Intravascular Ultrasound in the Great Vessels

    • Roy W. Martin, G. Gilbert Johnston

    Pages 141-156

12. Displacement Sensing Device Enabling Accurate Documentation of Catheter Tip Position

    • Elma J. Gussenhoven, Aad van der Lugt, Marco van Strijen, Li Wenguang, Hugo Kroeze, Salem H. K. The et al.

    Pages 157-166

13. Back Matter

    Pages 167-170

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Intracoronary ultrasound is a rapidly evolving imaging modality and the increasing number of published studies indicates that the technique is safe and provides incremental and more detailed diagnostic information than coronary angiography.
The technique has the potential to study the pathobiology of atherosclerosis, to clarify the significance of angiographically equivocal lesions and has helped us to understand the mechanisms, effects and complications of catheter-based revascularization procedures. Combinations of imaging and therapeutic devices are being developed for both guidance and assessment of the revascularization procedure. Three-dimensional reconstruction of coronary segments is now possible in real time and provides the opertor with more detailed information on coronary pathology. In this monograph, leading experts in the field present the state of the art of all these new developments.

• angiography
• atherosclerosis
• diagnostics
• imaging
• ultrasound
• Ultrasonography

• Thoraxcentre, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  J. Roelandt, N. Bom

• University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, The Netherlands

  J. Roelandt, N. Bom

• Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  E. J. Gussenhoven, N. Bom

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