Vascular Ultrasound

1: Introduction to Vascular Ultrasound.- What Do Cardiologists Want from Vascular Ultrasound?.- What Pathologists Want from Vascular Ultrasound.- What Vascular Surgeons Want from Vascular Ultrasound.- 2: The Technical Potential of IVUS.- History and Principles.- High Frequency IVUS.- Quantitative IVUS Flow Estimation.- Intravascular Elastography: From Idea to Clinical Tool.- 3D ICUS.- Coronary 3-D Angiography, 3-D Ultrasound and Their Fusion.- Shear Stress and the IVUS Derived Vessel Wall Thickness.- 3: Clinical Applications of IVUS.- What Have We Leamed from 10 Years Peripheral Intravascular Ultrasound?.- Intra-Coronary Ultrasound to Guide Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.- Detection of Vulnerable Coronary Plaque; The Emerging Role of Intravascular Ultrasound.- Diagnosis of Vulnerable Plaques in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.- 4: Carotid Scanning.- Conventional and Compound Scanning of the Carotid Artery.- 3D Imaging of the Carotid Arteries.- Carotid Elasticity Measurements.- Cross-Sectional Imaging of Elasticity Around Atherosclerotic Plaque with Transcutaneous Ultrasound.- 5: Acoustic Microscopy of Vascular Tissue.- Quantitative Backscatter Acoustic Microscopy (30 to 50MHz).- Evaluation of Atherosclerosis by Acoustic Microscopy.- Key Word Index.