Aims: To demonstrate the feasibility and potential usefulness of an offline fusion of matched optical coherence tomography (OCT) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)/virtual histology (IVUS-VH) images.Methods and results: A total of nine matched OCT, IVUS, and IVUS-VH cross-sections were fused according to a methodology described in this report. On the basis of the fused images, an OCT-IVUS-VH tissue classification algorithm is proposed taking into account the individual strength of both techniques.Conclusions: Offline fusion of co-registered IVUS and OCT is feasible and combines the strengths of both imaging modalities, potentially improving the diagnostic accuracy of plaque characterisation.

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doi.org/10.4244/EIJV8I1A16, hdl.handle.net/1765/74646
EuroIntervention
Department of Surgery

Räber, L., Heo, J., Radu, M., Garcia-Garcia, H., Stefanini, G., Moschovitis, A., … Serruys, P. (2012). Offline fusion of co-registered intravascular ultrasound and frequency domain optical coherence tomography images for the analysis of human atherosclerotic plaques. EuroIntervention, 8(1), 98–108. doi:10.4244/EIJV8I1A16