Quantitative Analysis of Tendon Structural Integrity in Chickens using Fourier Transform-Second Harmonic Generation Imaging

Mayandi Sivaguru¹, James D Richards², Julia J Dibner², John Paul Eichorst^1,3, Terra D Wineman² and Juxing Chen^2*

¹Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA

²Novus International Inc. 20 Research Park Drive, St Charles, Missouri 63304, USA

³University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Medicine - PACCS, 116 Church St SE, Minneapolis 55455, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Juxing Chen, Novus International Inc. 20 Research Park Drive, St Charles, Missouri 63304, USA, Tel: 636-926-7418, Fax: 636-926-7449 Email: