Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

PET, CT and MRI characterisation of the atherosclerotic plaque

  • Focus On...
  • Published:
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2001/hartwell-speech.html

  2. Tahara N, Imaizumi T, Virmani R, Narula J. Clinical feasibility of molecular imaging of plaque inflammation in atherosclerosis. J Nucl Med. 2009;50(3):331–4.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Schäfers M, Schober O, Hermann S. Matrix-metalloproteinases as imaging targets for inflammatory activity in atherosclerotic plaques. J Nucl Med. 2010;51(5):663–6.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Sadeghi MM, Glover DK, Lanza GM, Fayad ZA, Johnson LL. Imaging atherosclerosis and vulnerable plaque. J Nucl Med. 2010;51 Suppl 1:51S–65S.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Glaudemans AW, Slart RH, Bozzao A, Bonanno E, Arca M, Dierckx RA, Signore A. Molecular imaging in atherosclerosis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Mar 20. doi:10.1007/s00259-010-1406-4

  6. Wassélius J, Larsson S, Jacobsson H. Time-to-time correlation of high-risk atherosclerotic lesions identified with [(18)F]-FDG-PET/CT. Ann Nucl Med. 2009;23(1):59–64.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Menezes LJ, Kayani I, Ben-Haim S, Hutton B, Ell PJ, Groves AM. What is the natural history of 18F-FDG uptake in arterial atheroma on PET/CT? Implications for imaging the vulnerable plaque. Atherosclerosis. 2010;211(1):136–40.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Tang TY, Walsh SR, Sadat U, Gillard JH. Comment on "Advanced carotid plaque imaging". Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2010;40(1):139. author reply 139-40.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Liu Y, Abendschein D, Woodard GE, Rossin R, McCommis K, Zheng J, et al. Molecular imaging of atherosclerotic plaque with (64)Cu-labeled natriuretic peptide and PET. J Nucl Med. 2010;51(1):85–91.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Derlin T, Richter U, Bannas P, Begemann P, Buchert R, Mester J, et al. Feasibility of 18F-sodium fluoride PET/CT for imaging of atherosclerotic plaque. J Nucl Med. 2010;51(6):862–5.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Cormode DP, Roessl E, Thran A, Skajaa T, Gordon RE, Schlomka JP, et al. Atherosclerotic plaque composition: analysis with multicolor CT and targeted gold nanoparticles. Radiology. 2010;256(3):774–82.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Bulte JW. Science to practice: can CT be performed for multicolor molecular imaging? Radiology. 2010;256(3):675–6.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Wang J, Ferguson MS, Balu N, Yuan C, Hatsukami TS, Börnert P. Improved carotid intraplaque hemorrhage imaging using a slab-selective phase-sensitive inversion-recovery (SPI) sequence. Magn Reson Med. 2010 Jul 1. doi:10.1002/mrm.22539

  14. Kwee RM, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Prins MH, Ter Berg JW, Franke CL, Korten AG, et al. Symptomatic patients with mild and moderate carotid stenosis: plaque features at MRI and association with cardiovascular risk factors and statin use. Stroke. 2010;41(7):1389–93.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Li D, Patel AR, Klibanov AL, Kramer CM, Ruiz M, Kang BY, et al. Molecular imaging of atherosclerotic plaques targeted to oxidized LDL receptor LOX-1 by SPECT/CT and magnetic resonance. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010;3(4):464–72.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Wang Q, Wang Y, Cai J, Cai Y, Ma L, Xu X. Differences of signal evolution of intraplaque hemorrhage and associated stenosis between symptomatic and asymptomatic atherosclerotic carotid arteries: an in vivo high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging follow-up study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print] doi:10.1007/s10554-010-9686-0

  17. Hermus L, van Dam GM, Zeebregts CJ. Advanced carotid plaque imaging. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2010;39(2):125–33. Comment in Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2010 Jul;40(1):139; author reply 139-40.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgement

The authors are grateful to Ms Catherine Wrenn for her advice and skilful editorial support.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies and Center of Molecular and Cellular Imaging (IMAGO), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Lucignani

  2. Department of Diagnostic Services, Unit of Nuclear Medicine, San Paolo Hospital, Via Antonio di Rudinì, 8, 20142, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Lucignani

  3. European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Michael Schäfers

Authors
  1. Giovanni Lucignani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Michael Schäfers
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Giovanni Lucignani.

Additional information

“Focus on…” abridgements aim to highlight papers published within the past year and draw extensively on the texts and summaries of the articles referenced. Less recent citations are also included when deemed useful to provide background information on the topic reviewed.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lucignani, G., Schäfers, M. PET, CT and MRI characterisation of the atherosclerotic plaque. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37, 2398–2402 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-010-1634-7

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-010-1634-7

Keywords

Search

Navigation