Coronary artery | | |
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Detection and quantification of elastic laminae, collagen fibres, smooth muscle cells, adventitial adipocytes, foam cells, necrotic core, cholesterol crystals, β-carotene containing crystals and calcium mineralisation using an algorithm designed to interpret Raman data
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Brachiocephalic artery | | |
Aorta | | |
| Detailed Raman analysis of lesions associated with FTIR to characterise plaque contents including multiple lipid classes, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, extracellular matrix
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Carotid artery | | |
Characterisation of peculiar spectral signatures related to biochemicals presented in lesion, eg, collagen and elastin, cholesterol and calcium hydroxyapatite
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