Nonlinear optical 3-dimensional method for quantifying atherosclerosis burden

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 May;7(3):566-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.001753.

Authors

Susana A Sánchez¹, Nerea Méndez-Barbero², Antonio M Santos-Beneit², Vanesa Esteban², Luis J Jiménez-Borreguero², Miguel R Campanero¹, Juan Miguel Redondo¹

Affiliations

¹ From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.). [email protected] [email protected] [email protected].
² From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.).

PMID: 24847011
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.001753

No abstract available

Keywords: 2-photon excitation; atherosclerosis burden; infrared pulsed laser; plaque volume; second harmonic generation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Aorta, Thoracic
Atherosclerosis / diagnosis*
Coloring Agents
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Models, Animal
Image Enhancement / methods
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Mice
Microscopy, Confocal / methods
Nonlinear Dynamics
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / diagnosis*
Reproducibility of Results
Severity of Illness Index

Substances

Coloring Agents