Title :
In vivo optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of transplant kidney: Feasibility studies
Author :
Yu Chen ; Andrews, Peter ; Wierwille, Jeremiah ; Wei Gong ; Hsing-Wen Wang
Author_Institution :
Fischell Dept. of Bioeng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated the feasibility of OCT to image human kidneys during transplantation. OCT visualized the extent of tubular necrosis and Doppler OCT (DOCT) revealed renal blood flow dynamics that is correlated with post-transplant renal function.
Keywords :
Doppler measurement; biomedical optical imaging; diseases; haemodynamics; kidney; optical tomography; surgery; DOCT; Doppler OCT; OCT imaging; feasibility studies; in vivo optical coherence tomography imaging; post-transplant renal function; renal blood flow dynamics; transplant kidney imaging; transplantation; tubular necrosis visualization; Biomedical optical imaging; Educational institutions; In vivo; Kidney; Optical imaging; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
