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SUBMITTER: Liu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3553101 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Linbo L Chu Kengyeh K KK Houser Grace H GH Diephuis Bradford J BJ Li Yao Y Wilsterman Eric J EJ Shastry Suresh S Dierksen Gregory G Birket Susan E SE Mazur Marina M Byan-Parker Suzanne S Grizzle William E WE Sorscher Eric J EJ Rowe Steven M SM Tearney Guillermo J GJ
PloS one 20130123 1
We demonstrate the use of a high resolution form of optical coherence tomography, termed micro-OCT (μOCT), for investigating the functional microanatomy of airway epithelia. μOCT captures several key parameters governing the function of the airway surface (airway surface liquid depth, periciliary liquid depth, ciliary function including beat frequency, and mucociliary transport rate) from the same series of images and without exogenous particles or labels, enabling non-invasive study of dynamic ...[more]