Medical application of photoacoustic imaging
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Registration Number
- JPRN-jRCT1030220679
- Lead Sponsor
- Yokoyama Naoyuki
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Patients scheduled for treatment of lower extremity artery diseas at this hospital are included. Treatment may include medical therapy, invasive revascularization, or lower extremity amputation.
Patients should have a lower extremity arteriography to identify the anatomy of the occluded vessel.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who fulfill any of the following conditions are excluded.
1) Patients under 20 years of age.
2) Patients whose lesions are difficult to evaluate by photoacoustic imaging due to artifacts.
3) Patients who are unable to receive informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the safety of using photoacoustic imaging to assess lower extremity blood flow in patients with peripheral artery disease. Also, whether it is possible to evaluate lower extremity blood flow. Furthermore, we will examine whether it is possible to evaluate changes before and after treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method