Application of infrared fiber optic imaging in atherosclerotic plaques

Bujin Guo; S. Ward Casscells; Gregory H. Bearman; Janice McNatt; Morteza Naghevi; Basit A. Malik; Khawar Gul; James T. Willerson

doi:10.1117/12.354505

26 July 1999 Application of infrared fiber optic imaging in atherosclerotic plaques

Bujin Guo, S. Ward Casscells, Gregory H. Bearman, Janice McNatt, Morteza Naghevi, Basit A. Malik, Khawar Gul, James T. Willerson

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Proceedings Volume 3698, Infrared Technology and Applications XXV; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354505
Event: AeroSense '99, 1999, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Rupture of atherosclerotic plaques - the main cause of heart attach and stokes - is not predictable. Hence even treadmill stress tests fail to detect many persons at risk. Fatal plaques are found at autopsies to be associated with active inflammatory cells. Classically, inflammation is detected by its swelling, red color, pain and heat. We have found that heat accurately locates the dangerous plaques that are significantly warmer then atherosclerotic plaques without the same inflammation. In order to develop a non-surgical method of locating these plaques, an IR fiber optic imaging system has been developed in our laboratory to evalute the causes and effect of heat in atherosclerotic plaques. The fiber optical imagin bundle consists of 900 individual As₂S₃ chalcogenide glass fibers which transmit IR radiation from 0.7 micrometers 7 micrometers with little energy loss. By combining that with a highly sensitive Indium Antimonide IR focal plane array detector, we are able to obtain thermal graphic images in situ. The temperature heterogeneity of atherosclerotic plaques developed in the arteral of the experimental animal models is under study with the new device. The preliminary experimental results from the animal model are encouraging. The potential of using this new technology in diagnostic evaluation of the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques is considerable.

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Bujin Guo, S. Ward Casscells, Gregory H. Bearman, Janice McNatt, Morteza Naghevi, Basit A. Malik, Khawar Gul, and James T. Willerson "Application of infrared fiber optic imaging in atherosclerotic plaques", Proc. SPIE 3698, Infrared Technology and Applications XXV, (26 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354505

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