Real-time microscopic visualization of tissue response to laser thermal therapy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Vakoc, Benjamin J ^a   Tearney, Guillermo J ^a   Bouma, Brett E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser damage; Laser thermal therapy; Optical frequency domain; Tissue response

Indexed keywords

LASER DAMAGE; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

LASER THERMAL THERAPY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN IMAGING; TISSUE RESPONSE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

SUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER COAGULATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ESOPHAGUS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER COAGULATION; MICROSCOPY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34250652379     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2714027     Document Type: Article

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