PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - C.A. Given II AU - G.F. Attizzani AU - M.R. Jones AU - C.N. Ramsey III AU - W.H. Brooks AU - M.A. Costa AU - H.G. Bezerra TI - Frequency-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Assessment of Human Carotid Atherosclerosis Using Saline Flush for Blood Clearance without Balloon Occlusion AID - 10.3174/ajnr.A3411 DP - 2013 Feb 07 TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology 4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2013/02/07/ajnr.A3411.short 4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2013/02/07/ajnr.A3411.full AB - SUMMARY FD-OCT is a new imaging technique that allows unprecedented in vivo microlevel assessment of human carotid plaque morphologic patterns and stent-vessel interactions. Prior reports describing the use of this technique have used balloon occlusion of the target vessel or iodinated contrast media to facilitate imaging. We report, for the first time, in vivo FD-OCT imaging of human carotid arteries without the use of iodinated contrast material or balloon occlusion techniques. Abbreviations FDfrequency-domainOCToptical coherence tomographyTDtime-domain