Application of the laguerre deconvolution method for time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy to the characterization of atherosclerotic plaques

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

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 6559-6562

  Jo, J A ^a   Fang, Q ^a   Papaioannou, T ^a   Qiao, J H ^b   Fishbein, M C ^b   Beseth, B ^b   Dorafshar, A H ^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

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

TUMORS;

EID: 33846923398     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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