In vitro characterization of cardiac radiofrequency ablation lesions using optical coherence tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 3079-3092

  Fleming, Christine P ^a   Quan, Kara J ^b,c   Wang, Hui ^a   Amit, Guy ^b,d   Rollins, Andrew M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio Heart and Vascular Center   (United States)

^c North Ohio Heart Center   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIREFRINGENCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

A-LAPLACIAN; GRADIENT STRENGTH; IN-VITRO; LESION FORMATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COHERENT LIGHT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; CATHETER ABLATION; MYOCARDIUM; SUS SCROFA; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 76149124852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003079     Document Type: Article

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