Application of multiphoton steady state and lifetime imaging to mapping of tumour vascular architecture in vivo

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4620, Issue , 2002, Pages 85-95

  Ameer Beg, S M ^a   Barber, P R ^a   Hodgkiss, R J ^a   Locke, R J ^a   Newman, R G ^a   Tozer, G M ^a   Vojnovic, B ^a   Wilson, J ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Combretastatin A4 phosphate; In vivo; Intra vital microscopy; Multi photon; TCSPC; Time resolved; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHOTONS; PROBES; TUMORS;

INTRA-VITAL MICROSCOPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036400173     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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