Assessment of arterial characteristics in human atherosclerosis by extracting optical properties from polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 8117-8125

  Kuo, Wen Chuan ^a   Hsiung, Ming Wei ^a   Shyu, Jeou Jong ^b   Chou, Nai Kuan ^c   Yang, Po Nien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DIAGNOSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; HUMAN VESSELS; PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 44649148364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008117     Document Type: Article

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