Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 2019, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 7-17.DOI: 10.7517/issn.1674-0475.181102

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Recent Advances in Molecular Imaging of Atherosclerotic Plaque

MU Yalin, CHEN Xiaomei, LIU Xuan, LIU Gang   

  1. Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, Fujian, P. R. China
  • Received:2018-12-13 Revised:2018-12-18 Online:2019-01-15 Published:2019-01-15

Abstract: Atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular diseases (e.g., acute myocardial infarction and stroke) are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world today. The rupture of atherosclerotic plaques is the main pathological basis of acute cardiovascular disease events with no obvious clinical symptoms in the early stage of atherosclerosis. How to accurately identify vulnerable plaques and effective treatments in patients before acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events has become an urgent problem to solve, it is also the key to reduce the incidence of acute cardiovascular events. The rapid development of non-invasive molecular imaging technology in recent years has brought new opportunities for the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerotic plaque.

Key words: atherosclerosis plaque, molecular imaging, molecular probe, nanomaterials