Virtual histology of the human heart using optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ambrosi, Christina M ^a   Moazami, Nader ^b   Rollins, Andrew M ^c   Efimov, Igor R ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical optics; Coherence; Medical imaging; Myocardium; Structure; Tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMEDICAL OPTICS; CARDIAC STRUCTURE; CARDIAC TISSUES; COHERENCE; CONDUCTION SYSTEMS; DEPTH PENETRATION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HUMAN HEART; IMAGING DEPTH; LIMITING FACTORS; MICRON SCALE; MYOCARDIUM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS; STRUCTURE; TISSUE SURFACE;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COHERENT LIGHT; HISTOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70349143780     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3213604     Document Type: Article

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