Polarization birefringence measurements for characterizing the myocardium, including healthy, infarcted, and stem-cell-regenerated tissues

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Wood, Michael F G ^a,b   Ghosh, Nirmalya ^c   Wallenburg, Marika A ^a,b   Li, Shu Hong ^d   Weisel, Richard D ^d   Wilson, Brian C ^a,b   Li, Ren Ke ^d   Vitkin, I Alex ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Extracellular matrix; Mueller matrix; Myocardial infarction; Polar decomposition.; Polarimetry; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MUELLER MATRIX; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLAR DECOMPOSITIONS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

ANISOTROPY; ELLIPSOMETRY; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

BIREFRINGENCE;

RATTUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REFRACTOMETRY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; HEART; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RATS; REFRACTOMETRY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 78650428874     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3469844     Document Type: Article

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