Kastelein, Arnoud W. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4167-1663
Vos, Laura M. C.
van Baal, Juliette O. A. M.
Koning, Jasper J.
Hira, Vashendriya V. V.
Nieuwland, Rienk
van Driel, Willemien J.
Uz, Zühre
van Gulik, Thomas M.
van Rheenen, Jacco
Ince, Can
Roovers, Jan-Paul W. R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3069-6382
van Noorden, Cornelis J. F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6191-0505
Lok, Christianne A. R. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8693-7299
Article History
Received: 22 November 2019
Accepted: 23 January 2020
First Online: 1 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Prof. Ince is listed as inventor of SDF imaging on related patents owned by the Academic Medical Center (AMC). He receives no royalties or benefits from this license. Braedius Medical, which is a company owned by a relative of Prof. Ince, has developed and designed a handheld microscope called Cytocam-IDF imaging. Prof. Ince has no financial relationship with Braedius Medical of any sort (i.e., has never owned shares or received consultancy or speaker fees from Braedius Medical). Prof. Ince runs an internet site (ExternalRef removed) that offers services (e.g., training, courses, and analysis) related to clinical microcirculation. All other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (METC Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, ref number N17IDF) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.