Optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence imaging of human tonsil.

For the first time, we present co-registered autofluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography (AF/OCT) of excised human palatine tonsils to evaluate the capabilities of OCT to visualize tonsil tissue components. Despite limited penetration depth, OCT can provide detailed structural informat...

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Main Authors: Hamid Pahlevaninezhad, Anthony M D Lee, Miriam Rosin, Ivan Sun, Lewei Zhang, Mehrnoush Hakimi, Calum MacAulay, Pierre M Lane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4277424?pdf=render