Non-linear optical microscopy sheds light on cardiovascular disease

• Main Authors: Lyon, Alexander R., Ferenczi, Mike A., Sikkel, Markus B., Caorsi, Valentina, Toepfer, Christopher, MacLeod, Ken
• Other Authors: Talkachova, Alena
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100293; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18448
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Many cardiac diseases have been associated with increased fibrosis and changes in the organization of fibrillar collagen. The degree of fibrosis is routinely analyzed with invasive histological and immunohistochemical methods, giving a limited and qualitative understanding of the tissue's morph...