In vivo imaging of the drosophila melanogaster heart using a novel optical coherence tomography microscope

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5701, Issue , 2005, Pages 122-127

  Izatt, Susan D ^a   Choma, Michael A ^a   Israel, Steven ^a   Wessells, Robert J ^b   Bodmer, Rolf ^b   Izatt, Joseph A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease models; Drosophila; Heart anatomy; Imaging; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISEASE MODELS; DROSOPHILA; HEART ANATOMY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT);

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 21844434263     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.596122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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