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Intravascular ultrasound, the most commonly used intravascular modality in many countries, due to its low resolution cannot assess many features of vulnerable plaque such as lipid plaque or thin-cap fibroatheroma. Thus, novel methods were introduced to facilitate this problem including virtual histology intravascular ultrasound and later on near-infrared spectroscopy and OCT. Howbeit, none of the currently used modalities can assess all known characteristics of plaque vulnerability; hence, the idea of combining different intravascular imaging methods has emerged including NIRS-IVUS or OCT-IVUS imaging. 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