Time-resolved fluorescence of human aortic wall: Use for improved identification of atherosclerotic lesions

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-254

  Maarek, Jean Michel I ^a   Marcu, Laura ^a,b   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Grundfest, Warren S ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Decay associated spectra; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Global analysis; Lifetime; Nitrogen laser; Optical biopsy; Time dependent fluorescence decay

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADAVER; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMAN; LASERS; MIDDLE AGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033795565     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9101(2000)27:3<241::AID-LSM6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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