Optical coherence tomography: Basics, current application and future potential

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-591

  Abtahian, Farhad ^a   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84867333305     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: 14714973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2012.07.015     Document Type: Review

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