<s>
Intracoronary	B-Algorithm
optical	I-Algorithm
coherence	I-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
(	O
OCT	O
)	O
(	O
or	O
,	O
more	O
generally	O
,	O
intravascular	B-Algorithm
optical	I-Algorithm
coherence	I-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
,	O
IVOCT	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
endoscopic-based	O
application	O
of	O
optical	B-Application
coherence	I-Application
tomography	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
published	O
in	O
late	O
2016	O
showed	O
that	O
approximately	O
100,000	O
intracoronary	B-Algorithm
optical	I-Algorithm
coherence	I-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
procedures	O
are	O
performed	O
every	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
adoption	O
is	O
rapidly	O
growing	O
at	O
a	O
rate	O
of	O
~	O
20%	O
every	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intracoronary	B-Algorithm
optical	I-Algorithm
coherence	I-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
was	O
demonstrated	O
to	O
be	O
safe	O
among	O
heterogeneous	O
groups	O
of	O
patients	O
presenting	O
varying	O
clinical	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
State-of-the-art	O
intracoronary	B-Algorithm
optical	I-Algorithm
coherence	I-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
uses	O
a	O
swept-source	O
laser	O
to	O
make	O
OCT	O
images	O
at	O
high-speed	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
approximately	O
80,000	O
kHz	O
-	O
A-scan	O
lines	O
per	O
second	O
)	O
to	O
complete	O
acquisition	O
of	O
a	O
3D	O
OCT	O
volume	O
of	O
coronary	O
segments	O
in	O
a	O
few-seconds	O
.	O
</s>
