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Table 2.

Comparison of commercial IVUS products.

Company name	Product name	Central frequency (MHz)	Outer diameter (French)	Other features
Boston scientific	iCross^™	40	3.5
	Atlantis^™ SR Pro	40	3.6
	OptiCross^™	40	3.15	It performs a higher axial resolution than those of other Boston Scientific IVUS products.
Philips (Volcano)	Revolution®	45	3.2	Virtual histology function is available.
Philips (Volcano)	Eagle Eye®	20	3.5	The sensor is a phase array and ChromaFlo® imaging function is available.
Terumo	View IT®	40	2.6 (3.2)^*	It has a smaller diameter of its imaging window (2.6 French) than its proximal shaft (3.2 French).
Terumo	Intrafocus®	40	2.4 (3.2)	Two guide-wire channels: at the bent portion, more stable
ACIST	Kodama® HD-IVUS	60	N.A.	There are reports [17, 18] that this product can run at a faster imaging speed than other commercial IVUS products, but no product is available yet for sale. ^**

Crossing profile is 2.6 French and the outer diameter of the proximal shaft is 3.2F.

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The imaging speed of these products are all between 20 fps to 35 fps, except ACIST.