Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33060791›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2020

Towards shifted position-diffuse reflectance imaging of anatomically correctly scaled human microvasculature.

Moritz Späth, Martin Hohmann, Clemens Roider, Benjamin Lengenfelder, Florian Stelzle, Stefan Wirtz, Florian Klämpfl

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Moritz SpäthFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Photonic Technologies, 91052, Erlangen, Germany. moritz.spaeth@fau.de.
Martin HohmannFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Photonic Technologies, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
Clemens RoiderFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Photonic Technologies, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
Benjamin LengenfelderFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Photonic Technologies, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
Florian StelzleFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Photonic Technologies, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
Stefan WirtzDepartment of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
Florian KlämpflFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Photonic Technologies, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to significant advantages, the trend in the field of medical technology is moving towards minimally or even non-invasive examination methods. In this respect, optical methods offer inherent benefits, as does diffuse reflectance imaging (DRI). The present study attempts to prove the suitability of DRI-when implemented alongside a suitable setup and data evaluation algorithm-to derive information from anatomically correctly scaled human capillaries (diameter: [Formula: see text], length: [Formula: see text]) by conducting extensive Monte-Carlo simulations and by verifying the findings through laboratory experiments. As a result, the method of shifted position-diffuse reflectance imaging (SP-DRI) is established by which average signal modulations of up to 5% could be generated with an illumination wavelength of [Formula: see text] and a core diameter of the illumination fiber of [Formula: see text]. No reference image is needed for this technique. The present study reveals that the diffuse reflectance data in combination with the SP-DRI normalization are suitable to localize human capillaries within turbid media.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsBlood VesselsDiagnostic ImagingHumansLightingMonte Carlo Method

Identifiers

PMID33060791
PMCPMC7567838
OpenAlexW3093230775

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.