Spectroscopic characterisation of carotid atherosclerotic plaque by laser induced fluorescence

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-73

  Anastassopoulou, Nicoletta ^a   Arapoglou, Basil ^b   Demakakos, Panayotis ^b   Makropoulou, Mersini I ^a   Paphiti, Agathi ^b   Serafetinides, Alexander A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Laser biomedical applications; Optical spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KRYPTON LASER; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0035174573     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9101(2001)28:1<67::AID-LSM1018>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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