Optical Imaging Innovations for Atherosclerosis Research: Multiphoton Microscopy and Optical Nanoscopy

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1339-1346

  Megens, Remco T A ^a,b   Bianchini, Mariaelvy ^a   Schmitt, Martin M N ^a   Weber, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; microscopy

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BONE MARROW CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETION MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROUND STATE DEPLETION MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER MICROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL NANOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; STOCHASTICAL OPTICAL RECONSTRUCTION MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

NANOPARTICLE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84933037963     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.304875     Document Type: Article

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