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Figure 3 Corresponding longitudinal and axial intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) and multidetector computer tomography (MDCT) images. (A) Intracoronary ultrasound of a left anterior descending artery in longitudinal direction containing a hypoechoic plaque adjacent to a stent. (B) Corresponding MDCT reconstruction using maximum intensity projection. (C) Axial tomographic view of the hypoechoic plaque on the level of the arrow in image A. (D) Same plaque in axial view using multiplanar reformatted MDCT data.
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