Novel methods of time-resolved fluorescence data analysis for in-vivo tissue characterization: Application to atherosclerosis

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1372-1375

  Jo, J A ^a   Fang, Q ^a   Papaioannou, T ^a   Qiao, J H ^b   Fishbein, M C ^b   Dorafshar, A ^b   Reil, T ^b   Baker, D ^b   Freischlag, J ^c   Marcu, L ^a,d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Laguerre expansion technique; Time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; LAGUERRE EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; LESIONS; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; FLUORESCENCE; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

TISSUE;

EID: 19944396454     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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