Laser speckle imaging of atherosclerotic plaques through optical fiber bundles

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Nadkarni, Seemantini K ^a   Bouma, Brett E ^a   Yelin, Dvir ^a   Gulati, Amneet ^a   Tearney, Guillermo J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Biomedical optics; catheter; fiber optics; intracoronary; speckle

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMEDICAL OPTICS; CARDIAC MOTION; CORONARY WALL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIAL; EX-VIVO; FIBER BUNDLES; IMAGE DETECTOR; IN-VIVO; INTRACORONARY; INTRAVASCULAR; LASER SPECKLE; LASER SPECKLE IMAGING; LASER SPECKLE PATTERN; OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE; TIME VARYING;

CATHETERS; FIBERS; GAS LASERS; HEART; HELIUM; LEACHING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS;

SPECKLE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; PATHOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60849109978     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2982529     Document Type: Article

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