Use of near-infrared Raman spectroscopy for identification of atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid artery

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 482-486

  Rocha, Rick ^a   Silveira Jr , Landulfo ^a   Villaverde, Antonio Balbin ^a   Pasqualucci, Carlos A ^b   Costa, Maricilia S ^a   Brugnera Jr , Aldo ^a   Pacheco, M T T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

ARGON LASER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; ESTER DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARGON LASER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETER;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 37549010955     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2111     Document Type: Article

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