Mini-Focus Issue: Optical Coherence TomographyClinical ResearchConsensus Standards for Acquisition, Measurement, and Reporting of Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Studies: A Report From the International Working Group for Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Standardization and Validation
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Key Words
atherosclerosis
consensus document
coronary artery
intravascular ultrasound
optical coherence tomography
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CSA
cross-sectional area
DICOM
Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
EEM
external elastic membrane
FD-OCT
frequency-domain optical coherence tomography
IEM
internal elastic membrane
IVOCT
intravascular optical coherence tomography
IVUS
intravascular ultrasound
IWG-IVOCT
International Working Group on Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Standardization and Validation
NIR
near-infrared
OCT
optical coherence tomography
TCFA
thin-capped fibroatheroma
TD-OCT
time-domain optical coherence tomography
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Drs. Tearney, Regar, and Akasaka are co-chairs of the International Working Group for Intravascular OCT Standardization and Validation (IWG-IVOCT) and co-chairs of the Writing Committee for this document. The IWG-IVOCT effort has been partially sponsored by gifts and educational grants from Merck, Boston Scientific, and the Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology. Dr. Akasaka is on the clinical advisory board of St. Jude Medical and Terumo Inc.; and has received research funding from Abbott Vascular Japan, St. Jude Medical Japan, Goodman Inc., and Boston Scientific Inc. All members of the Writing Committee, as well as their affiliations and relationships with industry, are listed in the Online Supplementary Material.
Copyright © 2012 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc.