Two-Photon Microscopy for Imaging of the (Atherosclerotic) Vascular Wall: A Proof of Concept Study

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-63

  Van Zandvoort, Marc ^a,c,d   Engels, Wim ^a   Douma, Kim ^b   Beckers, Linda ^a   Oude Egbrink, Mirjam ^a   Daemen, Mat ^a   Slaaf, Dick W ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Fluorescence; Functional imaging; Plaques; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL LABELING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE SECTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; GELS; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; SEPHAROSE; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 1542273213     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076246     Document Type: Article

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