Single and double wavelength excitation of laser-induced fluorescence of normal and atherosclerotic peripheral vascular tissue

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 163-171

  Filippidis, G ^a   Zacharakis, G ^a   Katsamouris, A ^b   Giannoukas, A ^b   Papazoglou, T G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expressions; Fluorescence; Multiple wavelength; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CADMIUM; HELIUM;

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LASER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTRUM; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033781710     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(00)00073-7     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Near infrared diffuse reflection and laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy for myocardial tissue characterization
2. Autofluorescence maps of atherosclerotic human arteries: A new technique in medical imaging
3. Multispectral system of medicine fluorescence imaging
4. Fluorescence spectroscopy guidance of laser ablation of atherosclerotic plaque
5. Laser-based spectroscopic methods in tissue characterization
6. Fluorescence spectroscopy of tissue: Recovery of intrinsic fluorescence from measured fluorescence
7. Quantitative determination of the absorption spectra of chromophores in strongly scattering media: A light-emitting-diode based technique
8. Log-normal description of fluorescence spectra of organic fluorophores
9. Toward understanding tryptophan fluorescence in proteins
10. Laser-induced fluorescence line narrowing of native porphyrins in animal tissue
11. Spectral properties of human atherosclerotic blood vessel walls
12. Alteration of spectral characteristics of human artery wall caused by 476 nm laser irradiation
13. Ultraviolet laser induced fluorescence of human aorta
14. XeCl laser-induced fluorescence of atherosclerotic arteries. Spectral similarities between lipid-rich lesions and peroxidized lipoproteins
15. Characteristics of 308 nm excimer laser activated arterial tissue photoemission under ablative and non-ablative conditions
16. Excimer laser induced autofluorescence from atherosclerotic human arteries
17. Laser induced fluorescence detection of atherosclerotic deposits via their natural emission and hypocrellin (HA) probing
18. Discrimination of normal and atherosclerotic aorta by laser-induced fluorescence
19. Biochemical basis for the difference between normal and atherosclerotic arterial fluorescence
20. Laser induced fluorescence diagnostics of atherosclerotic plaque
21. Morphometric analysis of the composition of atherosclerotic plaques in the four major epicardial coronary arteries in acute myocardial infarction and in sudden coronary death
22. Evolution and progression of atherosclerotic lesions in coronary arteries of children and young adults
23. Atherogenesis during low level hypercholesterolemia in the nonhuman primate. I. Fatty streak formation
24. Lipoproteins and atherogenesis
25. Oxygen-mediated heterogeneity of apo-low-density lipoprotein
26. Antisera and monoclonal antibodies specific for epitopes generated during oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein
27. Fluorescent probes of cell signaling
28. 2+ indicators with greatly improved fluorescence properties
29. Malignancies and atherosclerotic plaque diagnosis - Is laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy the ultimate solution?