Detectability of contrast agents for confocal reflectance imaging of skin and microcirculation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-331

  Rajadhyaksha, Milind ^a,b   Gonzalez, Salvador ^c   Zavislan, James M ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal; Contrast agents; Detectability; Imaging; Microcirculation; Microscopy; Skin

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SKIN; TISSUE;

CONFOCAL REFLECTANCE IMAGING; CONTRAST AGENTS; DETECTABILITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACETIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROCIRCULATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; SKIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYSTYRENES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN;

EID: 2442693063     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1646175     Document Type: Article

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