Noninvasive assessment of testicular torsion in rabbits using frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy: Prospects for pediatric urology

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Hallacoglu, Bertan ^a   Matulewicz, Richard S ^a   Paltiel, Harriet J ^b   Padua, Horacio ^b   Gargollo, Patricio ^b   Cannon, Glenn ^b   Alomari, Ahmad ^b   Sassaroli, Angelo ^a   Fantini, Sergio ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute tissue oximetry; Near infrared spectroscopy; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS; DESATURATION; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HEMOGLOBIN SATURATION; MONITORING TOOLS; NEAR-IR SPECTROSCOPY; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; OPTICAL PROBE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION OF HEMOGLOBIN; SOURCE-DETECTOR DISTANCE; TESTICULAR TORSION;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RATING; SPECTROMETERS; SURGERY; TEXTILES; TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROLOGY;

TORSIONAL STRESS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS TORSION;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION;

EID: 74049115112     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3253318     Document Type: Article

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