Collinear optical coherence and confocal fluorescence microscopies for tissue engineering

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3074-3079

  Dunkers, J P ^a   Cicerone, M T ^a   Washburn, N R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH KINETICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER SCANNING; OSTEOBLASTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MICROSCOPY;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2342449551     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.003074     Document Type: Article

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