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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Opt. 2007 Nov–Dec;12(6):064021. doi: 10.1117/1.2822904

Table 1.

Comparison of endogenous-contrast modalities for optical imaging of the embryonic heart. Bold text denotes the best imaging characteristics.

OFDI FFOCM SECM
Transverse
resolution 		2–15 µm 2 µm 0.9 µm
Axial resolution 4–10 µm 1.1 µm 2.5 µm
Speed [frames per
second] 		40–900 0.5 10
Three dimension
in vivo (4D)		 Yes No No
Applications Architectural
dynamics		 Whole organ
microscopic
morphology		 Subcellular
dynamics