Diffuse Optical Characterization of the Healthy Human Thyroid Tissue and Two Pathological Case Studies.

The in vivo optical and hemodynamic properties of the healthy (n = 22) and pathological (n = 2) human thyroid tissue were measured non-invasively using a custom time-resolved spectroscopy (TRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) system. Medical ultrasound was used to guide the placement of t...

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Main Authors: Claus Lindner, Mireia Mora, Parisa Farzam, Mattia Squarcia, Johannes Johansson, Udo M Weigel, Irene Halperin, Felicia A Hanzu, Turgut Durduran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4731400?pdf=render