Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Schematic of the spectroscopic system and the experiment setup. Figure Legend: From: In vivo characterization of myocardial infarction using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy J. Biomed. Opt. 2010;15(3): doi: /

Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Representative tissue regions for optical measurement. Figure Legend: From: In vivo characterization of myocardial infarction using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy J. Biomed. Opt. 2010;15(3): doi: /

Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. The primary histopathological features observed in the myocardial specimens from the surrounding and infarcted regions: (a) normal appearing myocardium; (b) minimal neutrophilc myocardial inflammation and early myofiber degeneration (arrow); (c) typical vascular inflammation (epicardial and myocardial) with neutrophils (arrow) and minimal loss of vascular integrity; and (d) severe myocardial inflammation and fibrosis with mononuclear inflammatory cells and myofiber fragment (arrow). Figure Legend: From: In vivo characterization of myocardial infarction using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy J. Biomed. Opt. 2010;15(3): doi: /

Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Region-specific comparison of in vivo (a) fluorescence and (b) diffuse reflectance spectra from the rat hearts one week after the MI induction surgery. The symbols below the spectral plots show the outcomes of the pair-wise comparison between any two groups at each wavelength. The statistical significance level was set at 0.05 in this study. Figure Legend: From: In vivo characterization of myocardial infarction using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy J. Biomed. Opt. 2010;15(3): doi: /

Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Region-specific comparison of in vivo (a) fluorescence and (b) diffuse reflectance spectra from the rat hearts two weeks after the MI induction surgery. The symbols below the spectral plots show the outcomes of the pair-wise comparison between any two groups at each wavelength. The statistical significance level was set at 0.05 in this study. Figure Legend: From: In vivo characterization of myocardial infarction using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy J. Biomed. Opt. 2010;15(3): doi: /

Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Region-specific comparison of in vivo (a) fluorescence and (b) diffuse reflectance spectra from the rat hearts three weeks after the MI induction surgery. The symbols below the spectral plots show the outcomes of the pair-wise comparison between any two groups at each wavelength. The statistical significance level was set at 0.05 in this study. Figure Legend: From: In vivo characterization of myocardial infarction using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy J. Biomed. Opt. 2010;15(3): doi: /

Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Region-specific comparison of in vivo (a) fluorescence and (b) diffuse reflectance spectra from the rat hearts four weeks after the MI induction surgery. The symbols below the spectral plots show the outcomes of the pair-wise comparison between any two groups at each wavelength. The statistical significance level was set at 0.05 in this study. Figure Legend: From: In vivo characterization of myocardial infarction using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy J. Biomed. Opt. 2010;15(3): doi: /

Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. The corresponding spectral profile alteration in diffuse reflectance spectra related to the change in hemo/myoglobin oxygenation. Figure Legend: From: In vivo characterization of myocardial infarction using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy J. Biomed. Opt. 2010;15(3): doi: /