Application of Fourier transform-second-harmonic generation imaging to the rat cervix

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-83

  Lau, T Y ^a   Sangha, H K ^a   Chien, E K ^b   Mcfarlin, B L ^c   Wagoner Johnson, A J ^a   Toussaint, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Fourier analysis; 3D imaging; Rat cervix; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RATS;

3D FOURIER ANALYSE; 3D IMAGING; COLLAGEN FIBRES; FOURIER'S ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION IMAGING; OUT-OF-PLANE; RAT CERVIX; THREE DIMENSIONS; TISSUE SLICE; TWO DIMENSIONS (2D);

HARMONIC GENERATION;

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORM SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION IMAGING; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX; ANIMAL; EVALUATION STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RATS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84878992342     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12046     Document Type: Article

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