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Essentials of an IVUS Program • Director • Dedicated Technicians, Nurses, and/or Fellows • Image acquisition protocols and standards • Identify ways to make imaging more efficient and effective • Reports • Housekeeping issues
Director • Overall responsibility for clinical IVUS service including standards, protocols, and education
Page 1 and 2: IVUS Fundamentals and Techniques Ga
Page 3 and 4: There are two types of imaging syst
Page 5 and 6: • Spatial resolution • Contrast
Page 7 and 8: Axial resolution - along the ultras
Page 9 and 10: Transducer Selection • Larger tra
Page 11 and 12: Low dynamic range High dynamic rang
Page 13 and 14: Controls • Other than the overall
Page 15 and 16: Only a small percentage of the emit
Page 17: • Intimal disease (plaque) is den
Page 20 and 21: Spatial Orientation • There is no
Page 22 and 23: Safety • Hausmann et al., Circula
Page 26 and 27: Dedicated Technicians*, Nurses, and
Page 28 and 29: Imaging Procedure - II • Standard
Page 30 and 31: Manual Pullback • Advantages •
Page 32 and 33: Basic Report • Patient demographi
Page 34: Reference Mintz GS, Nissen SE, et a

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