Important Parameters of NIR-II Imaging in the Early Diagnosis of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease

Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a growing global health problem. New ways have been explored to diagnose PAD in recent years, such as the second near-infrared region (NIR-II, 900-1,880 nm wavelengths) imaging. In this study, NIR-II imaging was performed on patients with type 2 diabetes without PAD, and time-intensity curves were generated according to the imaging results, and specific parameters on the curves were analyzed. The key parameters for the diagnosis of lower limb artery plaque were obtained by comparing the parameters of patients with and without plaque. Patients will be followed up six months and one year after the first NIR-II imaging. The patient will undergo Duplex ultrasound (DUS), NIR-II imaging and laboratory examination. With DUS results as the reference standard, patients diagnosed with PAD for the first time during follow-up were focused on, and the parameter range of the first NIR-II imaging was statistically analyzed, so as to obtain the diagnostic threshold for early diagnosis of PAD.