Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 47, Issue 2, 207007(2020)

Review of Tissue Optical Clearing Methods for Imaging Whole Organs

Yu Tingting1,2 and Zhu Dan1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
  • 2MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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    Category: biomedical photonics and laser medicine

    Received: Nov. 2, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2020

    The Author Email: Dan Zhu (dawnzh@mail.hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202047.0207007

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