In vivo photoacoustic imaging of blood vessels with a pulsed laser diode

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 134-139

  Kolkman, Roy G M ^a   Steenbergen, Wiendelt ^a   Van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Imaging techniques; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ACOUSTICS; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748803582     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-006-0384-z     Document Type: Article

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