Vascular and Intravascular Imaging Trends, Analysis, and Challenges, Volume 1

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for a third of all deaths in women and more than a half in men. With mortality increasing worldwide each year, many issues are being raised as to how best treat CVD. For medical practitioners and scientists, important questions are being asked such as, what diagnoses and interventional strategies can be used? Which imaging techniques give the most information? And how should coronary interventions be evaluated to make the best possible diagnoses for future patients?

Exploring these questions in detail, this book gives a complete overview of the most recent research on vascular and intravascular analysis, it discusses different scientific and clinical questions in detail, and considers the latest advances in clinical treatment and medical imaging automatic analysis. Compiled by experts in the field, a thorough investigation is given to current topics and problems relating to CVD, which will enable the scientific and medical communities to search for the most effective strategies for dealing with these diseases.

As one of the most prominent diseases in our society, CVD requires dedicated analysis and investigation in order to reduce the mortality rate worldwide. Scholars, biomedical engineers and medical practitioners will greatly benefit from the detailed information in this book as it will give a better understanding of the causes, diagnosis and treatment of CVD.