Nonlinear optical microscopy and ultrasound imaging of human cervical structure

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Reusch, Lisa M ^a   Feltovich, Helen ^a,b   Carlson, Lindsey C ^a   Hall, Gunnsteinn ^a,c   Campagnola, Paul J ^a,c   Eliceiri, Kevin W ^a,c   Hall, Timothy J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical collagen microstructure; Cervical remodeling; Preterm birth; Quantitative ultrasound; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84884767607     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.3.031110     Document Type: Article

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