Intravascular Imaging

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems used in the cath lab. These imaging modalities help with diagnostic decisions about how to treat atheroscolosis and help guide device placement and verification of stent apposition. The technology also is used to visualize in-stent restenosis.

COLOR trial, TCT, NIRS, stenting vulnerable plaques, near infrared spectroscopy

An intravascular ultrasound image (IVUS) with co-registered NIRS showing yellow for the detection of lipid rich plaque in a coronary artery.

News | Cath Lab | November 07, 2016

Pre-emptively Stenting Vulnerable Plaque Found to be Safe

November 7, 2016 – Two-year results from the COLOR Trial, the first large-scale multicenter prospective study of its...

OCT, optical coherence tomography, coronary stent implantation, superior resolution, TCT 2016, ILLUMIEN III OPTIMIZE PCI Trial

News | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) | October 31, 2016

Optical Coherence Topography Offers Superior Resolution in Coronary Stent Implantation

October 31, 2016 — Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides safe and improved guidance for patients undergoing...

Avinger, Pantheris atherectomy catheter, OCT, Lumivascular technology, expanded FDA indication, diagnostic imaging device

News | Atherectomy Devices | October 20, 2016

Avinger Announces Expanded FDA Indications for Pantheris as Diagnostic Imaging Device

October 20, 2016 — Avinger Inc. recently announced that the company has received expanded indications from the U.S....

Avinger, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA, Lumivascular technology, FSS Contract Award

News | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) | September 27, 2016

Avinger Signs Agreement with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for Lumivascular Technology

September 27, 2016 — Avinger Inc. recently announced the company has received an FSS Contract Award from the U.S....

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | August 22, 2016

Avinger Inc. Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock

August 22, 2016 — Avinger Inc. recently announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 9,857,800...

bioresorbable stent, bioabsorbable stent, Absorb BVS, visualizing bioresorbable stents

A comparison of how the Abbott Absorb BVS appears with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on the left, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the right. The stent is difficult to visualize and sizing is critical, so both modalities can help in bioresorbable stent measurements and to confirm stent apposition. Left image from the Volcano IVUS system and the right image from St. Jude Medical's OCT system.

Feature | Stents Bioresorbable | July 21, 2016 | Alphonse Ambrosia, D.O.

Role of Imaging in Bioresorbable Stent Procedures

Some have labeled bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS), also known as bioresorbable stents, as the fourth evolution of...

A 3-D OCT rendering of a stented vessel segment created on St. Jude Medical's Ilumien Optis OCT system.

Feature | Angiography | July 15, 2016 | Dave Fornell

10 Reasons Why You Need Supplemental Imaging in the Cath Lab

While angiographic X-ray fluoroscopy systems are the workhorse for transcatheter cardiovascular interventional...

IVPA, intravascular photoacoustic imaging, fatty arteries, Purdue, Shanghai

IVPA/IVUS imaging of a perfused fresh human right coronary artery dissected from an explanted heart. (A) IVPA image. (B) IVUS image. (C) Merged IVPA/IVUS image. The 1 mm scale bar applies to all panels.

News | Intravascular Imaging | May 25, 2016

New Technology Allows Even Deeper Look into Fatty Arteries

May 19, 2016 — A new imaging system known as intravascular photoacoustic (IVPA) imaging that produces three-dimensional...

PCI, OFDI, OCT, optical coherence tomography, optimal frequency domain imaging, EuroPCR 2016 study

News | Intravascular Imaging | May 20, 2016

Optimal Imaging Matches Intravascular Ultrasound for Guiding PCI

May 20, 2016 — Using optimal frequency domain imaging (OFDI) to guide percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with...

News | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) | May 16, 2016

OCT Helps Predict Significant Side Branch Ostium Stenosis

May 16, 2016 — In a new study using optical coherence tomography (OCT), an invasive laser imaging technique that...

vulnerable plaques, OCT, IVUS, catheter, combination, NIBIB study

The dual catheter OCT-IVUS imaging device can be inserted into an artery to simultaneously capture an infrared image of the arterial wall (OCT, at left) and an ultrasound image (IVUS, right) that doctors use to determine the potential that a plaque is susceptible to rupture that could cause a heart attack or stroke.

News | Intravascular Imaging | May 12, 2016

Two Imaging Catheters Unite to Better Detect Dangerous Arterial Plaques

May 12, 2016 — Collaboration between two National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)-funded...

Neovasc, Tiara, transcatheter mitral valve, TMVR

Transcatheter mitral valve technology was among the most popular content on the DAIC website in 2015. Pictured is the Neovasc Tiara transcatheter mitral valve, which is currently in clinical trials.

Feature | March 22, 2016 | Dave Fornell