Measurement of Collagen and Smooth Muscle Cell Content in Atherosclerotic Plaques Using Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1474-1481

  Nadkarni, Seemantini K ^a   Pierce, Mark C ^a   Park, B Hyle ^a   de Boer, Johannes F ^a   Whittaker, Peter ^b   Bouma, Brett E ^a   Bressner, Jason E ^a   Halpern, Elkan ^a   Houser, Stuart L ^a   Tearney, Guillermo J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIREFRINGENCE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; TISSUE NECROSIS;

AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 33947595349     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.040     Document Type: Article

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