期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
卷 17, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
SPIE-SOC PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.6.061220
关键词
photoacoustics imaging; embryo; in vivo
资金
- British Heart Foundation
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- British Heart Foundation [RG/10/13/28570] Funding Source: researchfish
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H005536/1, EP/E050980/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/H005536/1, EP/E050980/1] Funding Source: UKRI
The ability to noninvasively image embryonic vascular anatomy in mouse models is an important requirement for characterizing the development of the normal cardiovascular system and malformations in the heart and vascular supply. Photoacoustic imaging, which can provide high resolution non invasive images of the vasculature based upon optical absorption by endogenous hemoglobin, is well suited to this application. In this study, photoacoustic images of mouse embryos were obtained ex vivo and in vivo. The images show intricate details of the embryonic vascular system to depths of up to 10 mm, which allowed whole embryos to be imaged in situ. To achieve this, an all-optical photoacoustic scanner and a novel time reversal image reconstruction algorithm, which provide deep tissue imaging capability while maintaining high spatial resolution and contrast were employed. This technology may find application as an imaging tool for preclinical embryo studies in developmental biology as well as more generally in preclinical and clinical medicine for studying pathologies characterized by changes in the vasculature. (C) 2012 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.6.061220]
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