Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy of the live kidney in health and disease

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Small, David M ^a   Sanchez, Washington Y ^a   Roy, Sandrine ^a   Hickey, Michael J ^b   Gobe, Glenda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluorescence lifetime imaging; Kidney; Multiphoton microscopy; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY; ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY; KIDNEY; MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CELL DEATH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

FLOW RATE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; RATS;

EID: 84897748146     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.2.020901     Document Type: Article

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