Saratov Fall Meeting 2005

Evaluating hemostatic bandages
using optical coherence tomography.

Tanja Tschinkel¹, Laurel Jones¹,
Niloy Choudhury¹, Steven L. Jacques^1,2

Biomedical Engineering¹ and Dermatology²
Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)
Portland, OR, USA

OHSU/BME Biomedical Optics home page
Oregon Medical Laser Center home page
email: sjacques@bme.ogi.edu

Table of Contents

• 1. Abstract
• 2. Introduction
• 3. Materials and Methods
• 4. Results: Survival curves
• 5. Conclusions

"This paper discusses the use of OCT to evaluate the structure
of hemostatic bandages made of chitosan (HemCon®)."