Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging

Part 1 The changing spectrum of cardiovascular intervention - role of intraluminal ultrasound: pathophysiology of vascular disease; lesion distribution and development of interventional methods; vascular imaging techniques; critical issues in endovascular diagnosis and therapy. Part 2 Principles of diagnostic ultrasound imaging: physics of ultrasound; ultrasound image production-pulse-echo principle; ultrasound beam and transducer characteristics imaging modes; transducer designs and configurations; complete ultrasonic imaging systems; glossary of key words and abbreviations. Part 3 Intraluminal ultrasound imaging - development and devices: early intraluminal ultrasound devices; intravascular cross-sectional imaging; imaging configurations; high-frequency intravascular ultrasound. Part 4 Intraluminal ultrasound imaging techniques: vascular access; catheter techniques. Part 5 Computerized intravascular ultrasound image reconstruction: principles of computerized image processing; techniques of image reconstruction; limitations of computerized image reconstruction. Part 6 Intravascular ultrasound image interpretation: transmural imaging - tissue characterization, dimensional morphology, lesion distribution; luminal imaging - assessment of endovascular intervention, dissections - flaps, stenoses - cross-sectional area. Part 7 Current and developing clinical applications of intravascular ultrasound: diagnostic applications - luminal and transmural imaging, interventional control data, aortic dissection - coarctation, intravascular tumour assessment; therapeutic applications - guided endovascular therapies, Stent deployment, assessment of restenosis; experimental applications - plaque morphology - selection of therapeutic modality, plaque volume measurement, combined imaging and Doppler flowmetry.