2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of combined techniques of IB-IVUS and OCT
| Project/Area Number |
24591043
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Circulatory organs internal medicine
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| Research Institution | Gifu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
TANAKA Shinichiro
YAGAMI Hiroyuki
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 血管内超音波 / 冠動脈 / 不安定プラーク / 光干渉波断層像 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The stability of atherosclerotic plaques is related to histological composition and the thickness of fibrous caps. Therefore, recognition of the tissue characteristics of coronary plaques is important to understand and prevent acute coronary syndrome. Within the penetration depth of optical coherence tomography (OCT), a, OCT has a best potential for tissue characterization of coronary plaques. Integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound (IB-IVUS) has a better potential for characterizing coronary plaque. One of the aims of the present study was to combine two techniques. However, the combination was impossible because OCT catheters were changed from wire type to catheter type. Palpography came to be possible using off-line techniques.
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| Free Research Field |
循環器内科
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