A small angle light scattering device for planar connective tissue microstructural analysis

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 678-689

  Sacks, Michael S ^a   Smith, David B ^a   Hiester, Erik D ^a  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fiber architecture; Heart valves; Lasers; Light scattering; Optical methods

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE;

PLANAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE; SMALL ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING (SALS);

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; OPTICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PERICARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TENDONS;

EID: 0030803934     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02684845     Document Type: Article

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