Detecting biochemical changes in the rodent cervix during pregnancy using raman spectroscopy

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1814-1824

  Vargis, Elizabeth ^a   Brown, Naoko ^b   Williams, Kent ^c   Al Hendy, Ayman ^d   Paria, Bibhash C ^b   Reese, Jeff ^b   Mahadevan Jansen, Anita ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical photonics; Gestation; Parturition; Raman spectroscopy; Structural testing

Indexed keywords

ACID CONTENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES; CLINICAL MANIFESTATION; GESTATION; IN-VIVO; OPTICAL METHODS; PARTURITION; RAMAN DATA; SMOOTH MUSCLES; STRUCTURAL TESTING; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION; TISSUE COMPONENTS; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

COLLAGEN; MAMMALS; OBSTETRICS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

COLLAGEN; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84864540175     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0541-4     Document Type: Article

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