Second harmonic generation imaging as a potential tool for staging pregnancy and predicting preterm birth

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Akins, Meredith L ^a   Luby Phelps, Katherine ^a   Mahendroo, Mala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Collagen; Parturition; Second harmonic generation; Tissue remodeling

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL RIPENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; COLLAGEN MORPHOLOGY; COLLAGEN STRUCTURE; EARLY PREGNANCY; EARLY-TO-LATE; INTENSITY RATIO; MEAN INTENSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PARTURITION; POTENTIAL TOOL; PRETERM BIRTH; PRETERM LABOR; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY; SHG INTENSITY; TISSUE REMODELING; VISUAL INSPECTION;

COLLAGEN; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OBSTETRICS; TISSUE;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

MURINAE;

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 77956623395     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3381184     Document Type: Article

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