Characterizing matrix remodeling in collagen gels using optical coherence tomography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7554, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Levitz, David ^a   Hinds, Monica T ^a   Hanson, Stephen R ^a   Jacques, Steven L ^a,b  

^a Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cells; Collagen; Optical coherence tomography; Optical properties; Scattering; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY FACTOR; BREAK DOWN; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; COLLAGEN GELS; COLLAGEN MATRICES; ENGINEERED TISSUES; LABEL FREE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MATRIX REMODELING; MMP ACTIVITY; OCT SIGNALS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SCATTERING TISSUE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

ANISOTROPY; COHERENT LIGHT; COHERENT SCATTERING; COLLAGEN; GELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOMOGRAPHY; ULSI CIRCUITS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77951565998     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.843261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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