ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2020
Intravascular Polarimetry: Clinical Translation and Future Applications of Catheter-Based Polarization Sensitive Optical Frequency Domain Imaging.
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- Automated Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography Feature Extraction with Application to Three-Dimensional Reconstruction.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2022Pooled it
- Unambiguous polarimetric reconstruction in single-input polarization-sensitive OCT via spectral polarization spreading.Biomedical optics express · 2026Article
- Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography-based fully-automated volumetric coronary fibrous cap characterization.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2026Article
- NIRS-IVUS Assessment of OCT-Derived Healed Coronary Plaques.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2025Article
- What have we learnt from histology about the efficacy of coronary imaging modalities in assessing plaque composition?Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- First-in-human intravascular polarimetric signatures of superficial femoral artery in-stent restenosis lesion.European heart journal. Case reports · 2024Article
- Estimation of Medium Depolarization Index with Noise Immunity in Catheter-Based PS-OCT toward Vascular Plaques Detection.Chemical & biomedical imaging · 2024Article
- Segmentation of anatomical layers and imaging artifacts in intravascular polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography using attending physician and boundary cardinality losses.Biomedical optics express · 2024Article
- Single-input polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography through a catheter.Biomedical optics express · 2023Article
- Role of plaque imaging for identification of vulnerable patients beyond the stage of myocardial ischemia.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Intravascular polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography based on polarization mode delay.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Carotid Artery Stiffness: Imaging Techniques and Impact on Cerebrovascular Disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Polarization properties of retinal blood vessel walls measured with polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography.Biomedical optics express · 2021Article
- Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Assessment of High-Risk Plaques in Predicting Acute Coronary Syndrome.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) visualize the coronary artery wall and plaque morphology in great detail. The advent of these high-resolution intracoronary imaging modalities has propelled our understanding of coronary atherosclerosis and provided enhanced guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention. Yet, the lack of contrast between distinct tissue types and plaque compositions impedes further elucidation of the complex mechanisms that contribute to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and hinders the prospective identification of plaques susceptible to rupture. Intravascular polarimetry with polarization-sensitive OFDI measures polarization properties of the coronary arterial wall using conventional intravascular imaging catheters. The quantitative polarization metrics display notable image contrast between several relevant coronary plaque microstructures that are difficult to identify with conventional OCT and OFDI. Tissues rich in collagen and smooth muscle cells exhibit birefringence, while lipid and macrophages cause depolarization. In this review, we describe the basic principles of intravascular polarimetry, discuss the interpretation of the polarization signatures, and outline promising avenues for future research and clinical implications.
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