Imaging and quantitation of a tissue-selective lanthanide chelate using an endoscopic fluorometer

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-153

  Houlne, Michael P ^a   Hubbard, Darren S ^a   Kiefer, Gary E ^b   Bornhop, Darryl J ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c University Medical Center Rotterdam   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic imaging; Fluorescence; Lanthanide chelate; Tissue selectivity

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; ENDOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; TISSUE;

TISSUE SELECTIVITY; TISSUE SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032047235     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429871     Document Type: Article

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