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Diagnostic Tool Uses NIR to Detect Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

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COVENTRY, England, and MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 21, 2017 — When scientists increased the wavelength in a tool for detecting fatty deposit build-up in arteries from IR to NIR, they found that they could use it to selectively identify plaques with internal bleeding, which are typically associated with high-risk plaque deposits. To investigate human atherosclerotic plaques, 50 samples were obtained exhibiting a mixture of advanced atherosclerosis including histological characteristics of unstable as well as stable plaque pathology. Using near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) for the identification of high-risk atherosclerotic plaques,...Read full article

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    Published: August 2017
    Research & TechnologyeducationEuropeAsia-PacificImagingLight Sourcesfluorescence imagingLasersmedicalmedicineNIRmyocardial infarction

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