Optical Imaging Technique for Angioplasty

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 12:35 in Health & Medicine

A new optical imaging technique described in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments holds the potential to greatly improve angioplasty, a surgery commonly performed to treat patients with a partially or completely blocked coronary artery that restricts blood flow to the heart.

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