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From the following article:

Form to function: current and future roles for atherosclerosis imaging in drug development

Alistair C. Lindsay & Robin P. Choudhury

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 7, 517-529 (June 2008)

doi:10.1038/nrd2588

Figure 1 - Form to function: current and future roles for atherosclerosis imaging in drug development

Figure 1

Techniques currently in use to image atherosclerosis in carotid and coronary arteries.

Figure 2 - Form to function: current and future roles for atherosclerosis imaging in drug development

Figure 2

Schematic representation of information obtained from individual imaging modalities highlighting the different plaque components that can be visualized by each.

Figure 3 - Form to function: current and future roles for atherosclerosis imaging in drug development

Figure 3

Emerging imaging techniques.

Figure 4 - Form to function: current and future roles for atherosclerosis imaging in drug development

Figure 4

Illustration of processes of atherogenesis ranging from prelesional endothelial dysfunction (left) through monocyte recruitment to the development of complicated plaques complicated by thrombosis (right).

Figure 5 - Form to function: current and future roles for atherosclerosis imaging in drug development

Figure 5

Targets for novel anti-atherosclerotic therapies.

Table 1 - Form to function: current and future roles for atherosclerosis imaging in drug development

Table 1

Summary of imaging techniques used in atherosclerosis

Table 2 - Form to function: current and future roles for atherosclerosis imaging in drug development

Table 2

Potential imaging targets for new atherosclerosis drugs in development