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Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Med Diagn. 2008 Sep 1;2(9):1055–1065. doi: 10.1517/17530050802361161

Table 2.

Comparison of MRI, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS).

	MRI	OCT	CARS microscopy
Contrast mechanisms	¹H nuclei magnetic resonance	Backreflection of photons	C–H vibration
*Resolution*
Lateral	0.1~1 mm	15 ~20 μm	~0.3 μm
Axial	1 ~ 3 mm	3 ~ 10 μm	~ 0.7 μm
Penetration depth	Whole brain	1 ~3 mm	~ 100 μm
Imaging speed	10 min ~ 1 h	200 ms	50 ms ~ 1 s
Field of view	4 ~ 28 cm	6 mm	200 ~ 700 μm
Current applications	MS patients	Eyes in MS patients	Tissue and animal

MS: Multiple sclerosis.