Maximum imaging depth of two-photon autofluorescence microscopy in epithelial tissues

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Durr, Nicholas J ^a   Weisspfennig, Christian T ^b   Holfeld, Benjamin A ^b   Ben Yakar, Adela ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence microscopy; Deep imaging; Nonlinear microscopy; Optical biopsy; Two photon

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; DEEP IMAGING; NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL BIOPSIES; TWO PHOTON;

BIOPSY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

TISSUE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MOUTH MUCOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79957724436     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3548646     Document Type: Article

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