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Intracoronary polarimetry of a honeycomb-like structure
Laurens J.C. Van Zandvoort1, PhD; Kenichiro Otsuka2, MD, PhD; Brett E. Bouma2,3, PhD; Joost Daemen1, MD, PhD
1. Department of cardiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 2. Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 3. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Figure 1. OFDI showing a honeycomb-like structure with multiple intraluminal microchannels confirming the presence of recanalised thrombus. Upper panel: longitudinal view of the right coronary artery. The dashed white lines denote the cross-sectional locations for A, B and C. A), B) & C) Three locations with clear recanalisation in organised thrombus. From left to right: conventional OFDI intensity, birefringence, magnified birefringence (* denotes zones of high birefringence surrounding microchannels).
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