Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 71-77 , April 2008

Reproducibility of intravascular ultrasound virtual histology analysis

  • Anand Prasad

      Affiliations

    • The University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Daisha J. Cipher

      Affiliations

    • The Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Amit Prasad

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Arunesh Mohandas

      Affiliations

    • The Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Michele Roesle

      Affiliations

    • The Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Emmanouil S. Brilakis

      Affiliations

    • The Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Subhash Banerjee

      Affiliations

    • The Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 4500 S Lancaster Road (111A), Dallas, TX 75216, USA. Tel.: +1 214 857 1535; fax: +1 214 302 1341.

Received 5 August 2007 ,Revised 3 November 2007 ,Accepted 6 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2007.11.004

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
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