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Hall G, Liang W, Bhujwalla ZM, Li X. SHG Fiberscopy Assessment of Collagen Morphology and Its Potential for Breast Cancer Optical Histology. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2024; 71:2414-2420. [PMID: 38437141 PMCID: PMC11257778 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2024.3372629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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OBJECTIVE This study is to investigate the feasibility of our recently developed nonlinear fiberscope for label-free in situ breast tumor detection and lymph node status assessment based on second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging of fibrillar collagen matrix with histological details. The long-term goal is to improve the current biopsy-based cancer paradigm with reduced sampling errors. METHODS In this pilot study we undertook retrospective SHG imaging study of ex vivo invasive ductal carcinoma human biopsy tissue samples, and carried out quantitative image analysis to search for collagen structural signatures that are associated with the malignance of breast cancer. RESULTS SHG fiberscopy image-based quantitative assessment of collagen fiber morphology reveals that: 1) cancerous tissues contain generally less extracellular collagen fibers compared with tumor-adjacent normal tissues, and 2) collagen fibers in lymph node positive biopsies are more aligned than lymph node negative counterparts. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE The results demonstrate the promising potential of our SHG fiberscope for in situ breast tumor detection and lymph node involvement assessment and for offering real-time guidance during ongoing tissue biopsy.
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Song N, Gu B. in vivo and in situ robust quantitative optical biopsy of hepatocellular carcinoma and metastasis based on two-photon autofluorescence imaging. OPTICS LETTERS 2024; 49:4054-4057. [PMID: 39008774 DOI: 10.1364/ol.529284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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Two-photon autofluorescence (TPAF) imaging is able to offer precise cellular metabolic information with high spatiotemporal resolution, making it a promising biopsy tool. The technique is greatly hampered by the complexity of either the optical system or data processing. Here, the excitation wavelength was optimized to simultaneously excite both flavin adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and eliminate the unexpected TPAF. The optical redox ratio (ORR) images were robustly achieved without additional calibration under the optimized single-wavelength excitation. The in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo biopsy by the TPAF method were systematically studied and compared using hepato-cellular carcinoma and metastasis as examples. It was demonstrated that the proposed TPAF method simplified the optical system, improved the robustness of ORR, and enabled early-stage cancer diagnosis, showing distinguished advantages as compared with previous methods.
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Camli B, Andrus L, Roy A, Mishra B, Xu C, Georgakoudi I, Tkaczyk T, Ben-Yakar A. Two photon imaging probe with highly efficient autofluorescence collection at high scattering and deep imaging conditions. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 15:3163-3182. [PMID: 38855663 PMCID: PMC11161376 DOI: 10.1364/boe.520729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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In this paper, we present a 2-photon imaging probe system featuring a novel fluorescence collection method with improved and reliable efficiency. The system aims to miniaturize the potential of 2-photon imaging in the metabolic and morphological characterization of cervical tissue at sub-micron resolution over large imaging depths into a flexible and clinically viable platform towards the early detection of cancers. Clinical implementation of such a probe system is challenging due to inherently low levels of autofluorescence, particularly when imaging deep in highly scattering tissues. For an efficient collection of fluorescence signals, our probe employs 12 0.5 NA collection fibers arranged around a miniaturized excitation objective. By bending and terminating a multitude of collection fibers at a specific angle, we increase collection area and directivity significantly. Positioning of these fibers allows the collection of fluorescence photons scattered away from their ballistic trajectory multiple times, which offers a system collection efficiency of 4%, which is 55% of what our bench-top microscope with 0.75 NA objective achieves. We demonstrate that the collection efficiency is largely maintained even at high scattering conditions and high imaging depths. Radial symmetry of arrangement maintains uniformity of collection efficiency across the whole FOV. Additionally, our probe can image at different tissue depths via axial actuation by a dc servo motor, allowing depth dependent tissue characterization. We designed our probe to perform imaging at 775 nm, targeting 2-photon autofluorescence from NAD(P)H and FAD molecules, which are often used in metabolic tissue characterization. An air core photonic bandgap fiber delivers laser pulses of 100 fs duration to the sample. A miniaturized objective designed with commercially available lenses of 3 mm diameter focuses the laser beam on tissue, attaining lateral and axial imaging resolutions of 0.66 µm and 4.65 µm, respectively. Characterization results verify that our probe achieves collection efficiency comparable to our optimized bench-top 2-photon imaging microscope, minimally affected by imaging depth and radial positioning. We validate autofluorescence imaging capability with excised porcine vocal fold tissue samples. Images with 120 µm FOV and 0.33 µm pixel sizes collected at 2 fps confirm that the 300 µm imaging depth was achieved.
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- Berk Camli
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UT Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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La Cavera S, Chauhan VM, Hardiman W, Yao M, Fuentes-Domínguez R, Setchfield K, Abayzeed SA, Pérez-Cota F, Smith RJ, Clark M. Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology. Commun Biol 2024; 7:451. [PMID: 38622287 PMCID: PMC11018753 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06126-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
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This report presents an optical fibre-based endo-microscopic imaging tool that simultaneously measures the topographic profile and 3D viscoelastic properties of biological specimens through the phenomenon of time-resolved Brillouin scattering. This uses the intrinsic viscoelasticity of the specimen as a contrast mechanism without fluorescent tags or photoacoustic contrast mechanisms. We demonstrate 2 μm lateral resolution and 320 nm axial resolution for the 3D imaging of biological cells and Caenorhabditis elegans larvae. This has enabled the first ever 3D stiffness imaging and characterisation of the C. elegans larva cuticle in-situ. A label-free, subcellular resolution, and endoscopic compatible technique that reveals structural biologically-relevant material properties of tissue could pave the way toward in-vivo elasticity-based diagnostics down to the single cell level.
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- Salvatore La Cavera
- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
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- Advanced Materials & Healthcare Technologies, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
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- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Optics and Photonics Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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Xi G, Huang C, Lin J, Luo T, Kang B, Xu M, Xu H, Li X, Chen J, Qiu L, Zhuo S. Rapid label-free detection of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma and tumor boundary via multiphoton microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023; 16:e202300172. [PMID: 37596245 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202300172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in China. Rapid and precise evaluation of tumor tissue during lung cancer surgery can reduce operative time and improve negative-margin assessment, thus increasing disease-free and overall survival rates. This study aimed to explore the potential of label-free multiphoton microscopy (MPM) for imaging adenocarcinoma tissues, detecting histopathological features, and distinguishing between normal and cancerous lung tissues. We showed that second harmonic generation (SHG) signals exhibit significant specificity for collagen fibers, enabling the quantification of collagen features in lung adenocarcinomas. In addition, we developed a collagen score that could be used to distinguish between normal and tumor areas at the tumor boundary, showing good classification performance. Our findings demonstrate that MPM imaging technology combined with an image-based collagen feature extraction method can rapidly and accurately detect early-stage lung adenocarcinoma tissues.
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- Gangqin Xi
- School of Science, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- Shengli Clinical College of Fujian Medical University, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Shengli Clinical College of Fujian Medical University, Department of Pathology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Science, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Science, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Science, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Science, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Science, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China
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Kurz B, Lange T, Voelker M, Hart ML, Rolauffs B. Articular Cartilage-From Basic Science Structural Imaging to Non-Invasive Clinical Quantitative Molecular Functional Information for AI Classification and Prediction. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14974. [PMID: 37834422 PMCID: PMC10573252 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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This review presents the changes that the imaging of articular cartilage has undergone throughout the last decades. It highlights that the expectation is no longer to image the structure and associated functions of articular cartilage but, instead, to devise methods for generating non-invasive, function-depicting images with quantitative information that is useful for detecting the early, pre-clinical stage of diseases such as primary or post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA/PTOA). In this context, this review summarizes (a) the structure and function of articular cartilage as a molecular imaging target, (b) quantitative MRI for non-invasive assessment of articular cartilage composition, microstructure, and function with the current state of medical diagnostic imaging, (c), non-destructive imaging methods, (c) non-destructive quantitative articular cartilage live-imaging methods, (d) artificial intelligence (AI) classification of degeneration and prediction of OA progression, and (e) our contribution to this field, which is an AI-supported, non-destructive quantitative optical biopsy for early disease detection that operates on a digital tissue architectural fingerprint. Collectively, this review shows that articular cartilage imaging has undergone profound changes in the purpose and expectations for which cartilage imaging is used; the image is becoming an AI-usable biomarker with non-invasive quantitative functional information. This may aid in the development of translational diagnostic applications and preventive or early therapeutic interventions that are yet beyond our reach.
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- Bodo Kurz
- Department of Anatomy, Christian-Albrechts-University, Otto-Hahn-Platz 8, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Medical Physics Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center—Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany;
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- G.E.R.N. Research Center for Tissue Replacement, Regeneration & Neogenesis, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center—Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; (M.V.); (M.L.H.)
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- G.E.R.N. Research Center for Tissue Replacement, Regeneration & Neogenesis, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center—Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; (M.V.); (M.L.H.)
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- G.E.R.N. Research Center for Tissue Replacement, Regeneration & Neogenesis, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center—Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; (M.V.); (M.L.H.)
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Wang C, Chen Q, Liu H, Wu R, Jiang X, Fu Q, Zhao Z, Zhao Y, Gao Y, Yu B, Jiao H, Wang A, Xiao S, Feng L. Miniature Two-Photon Microscopic Imaging Using Dielectric Metalens. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:8256-8263. [PMID: 37651617 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Miniature two-photon microscopy has emerged as a powerful technique for investigating brain activity in freely moving animals. Ongoing research objectives include reducing probe weight and minimizing animal behavior constraints caused by probe attachment. Employing dielectric metalenses, which enable the use of sizable optical components in flat device structures while maintaining imaging resolution, is a promising solution for addressing these challenges. In this study, we designed and fabricated a titanium dioxide metalens with a wavelength of 920 nm and a high aspect ratio. Furthermore, a meta-optic two-photon microscope weighing 1.36 g was developed. This meta-optic probe has a lateral resolution of 0.92 μm and an axial resolution of 18.08 μm. Experimentally, two-photon imaging of mouse brain structures in vivo was also demonstrated. The flat dielectric metalens technique holds promising opportunities for high-performance integrated miniature nonlinear microscopy and endomicroscopy platforms in the biomedical field.
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- Conghao Wang
- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Key Laboratory of Precision Opto-Mechatronics Technology (Ministry of Education), Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Biomedical Imaging Center, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Beijing Transcend Vivoscope Biotech Co., Ltd, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Beijing Transcend Vivoscope Biotech Co., Ltd, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Transcend Vivoscope Biotech Co., Ltd, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication System and Networks, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Key Laboratory of Precision Opto-Mechatronics Technology (Ministry of Education), Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Laboratory of Intelligent Sensing Materials and Chip Integration Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou Innovation Institute of Beihang University, Hangzhou 310063, China
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Xiang F, Yu J, Jiang D, Hu W, Zhang R, Huang C, Wu T, Gao Y, Zheng A, Liu TM, Zheng W, Li X, Li H. Quantitative multiphoton imaging of cell metabolism, stromal fibers, and keratinization enables label-free discrimination of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:4137-4155. [PMID: 37799684 PMCID: PMC10549756 DOI: 10.1364/boe.492109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) features atypical clinical manifestations and a low 5-year survival rate (< 5% in many developing countries where most of the disease occurs). Precise ESCC detection and grading toward timely and effective intervention are therefore crucial. In this study, we propose a multidimensional, slicing-free, and label-free histopathological evaluation method based on multispectral multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (MM-FLIM) for precise ESCC identification. To assess the feasibility of this method, comparative imaging on fresh human biopsy specimens of different ESCC grades is performed. By constructing fluorescence spectrum- and lifetime-coded images, ESCC-induced morphological variations are unveiled. Further quantification of cell metabolism and stromal fibers reveals potential indicators for ESCC detection and grading. The specific identification of keratin pearls provides additional support for the early detection of ESCC. These findings demonstrate the viability of using MM-FLIM and the series of derived indicators for histopathological evaluation of ESCC. As there is an increasing interest in developing multiphoton endoscopes and multiphoton FLIM systems for clinical use, the proposed method would probably allow noninvasive, label-free, and multidimensional histological detection and grading of ESCC in the future.
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- Feng Xiang
- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences & Ministry of Education Frontiers Science Center for Precision Oncology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shen Zhen 518036, China
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- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shen Zhen 518036, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences & Ministry of Education Frontiers Science Center for Precision Oncology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China
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- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shen Zhen 518036, China
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- Research Center for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Optical Imaging Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Qi J, Tatla T, Nissanka-Jayasuriya E, Yuan AY, Stoyanov D, Elson DS. Surgical polarimetric endoscopy for the detection of laryngeal cancer. Nat Biomed Eng 2023; 7:971-985. [PMID: 37012312 PMCID: PMC10427430 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-023-01018-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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The standard-of-care for the detection of laryngeal pathologies involves distinguishing suspicious lesions from surrounding healthy tissue via contrasts in colour and texture captured by white-light endoscopy. However, the technique is insufficiently sensitive and thus leads to unsatisfactory rates of false negatives. Here we show that laryngeal lesions can be better detected in real time by taking advantage of differences in the light-polarization properties of cancer and healthy tissues. By measuring differences in polarized-light retardance and depolarization, the technique, which we named 'surgical polarimetric endoscopy' (SPE), generates about one-order-of-magnitude greater contrast than white-light endoscopy, and hence allows for the better discrimination of cancerous lesions, as we show with patients diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. Polarimetric imaging of excised and stained slices of laryngeal tissue indicated that changes in the retardance of polarized light can be largely attributed to architectural features of the tissue. We also assessed SPE to aid routine transoral laser surgery for the removal of a cancerous lesion, indicating that SPE can complement white-light endoscopy for the detection of laryngeal cancer.
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- Ji Qi
- Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China.
- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
- Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
- Centre For Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK.
- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
- Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
- Centre For Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK.
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- Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Welton TA, George NM, Ozbay BN, Gentile Polese A, Osborne G, Futia GL, Kushner JK, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters B, Alexander AL, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Restrepo D, Gibson EA. Two-photon microendoscope for label-free imaging in stereotactic neurosurgery. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:3705-3725. [PMID: 37497482 PMCID: PMC10368057 DOI: 10.1364/boe.492552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
Abstract
We demonstrate a gradient refractive index (GRIN) microendoscope with an outer diameter of ∼1.2 mm and a length of ∼186 mm that can fit into a stereotactic surgical cannula. Two photon imaging at an excitation wavelength of 900 nm showed a field of view of ∼180 microns and a lateral and axial resolution of 0.86 microns and 9.6 microns respectively. The microendoscope was tested by imaging autofluorescence and second harmonic generation (SHG) in label-free human brain tissue. Furthermore, preliminary image analysis indicates that image classification models can predict if an image is from the subthalamic nucleus or the surrounding tissue using conventional, bench-top two-photon autofluorescence.
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- Tarah A. Welton
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Intelligent Imaging Innovations, Denver, Colorado, 80216, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Stanciu SG, König K, Song YM, Wolf L, Charitidis CA, Bianchini P, Goetz M. Toward next-generation endoscopes integrating biomimetic video systems, nonlinear optical microscopy, and deep learning. BIOPHYSICS REVIEWS 2023; 4:021307. [PMID: 38510341 PMCID: PMC10903409 DOI: 10.1063/5.0133027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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According to the World Health Organization, the proportion of the world's population over 60 years will approximately double by 2050. This progressive increase in the elderly population will lead to a dramatic growth of age-related diseases, resulting in tremendous pressure on the sustainability of healthcare systems globally. In this context, finding more efficient ways to address cancers, a set of diseases whose incidence is correlated with age, is of utmost importance. Prevention of cancers to decrease morbidity relies on the identification of precursor lesions before the onset of the disease, or at least diagnosis at an early stage. In this article, after briefly discussing some of the most prominent endoscopic approaches for gastric cancer diagnostics, we review relevant progress in three emerging technologies that have significant potential to play pivotal roles in next-generation endoscopy systems: biomimetic vision (with special focus on compound eye cameras), non-linear optical microscopies, and Deep Learning. Such systems are urgently needed to enhance the three major steps required for the successful diagnostics of gastrointestinal cancers: detection, characterization, and confirmation of suspicious lesions. In the final part, we discuss challenges that lie en route to translating these technologies to next-generation endoscopes that could enhance gastrointestinal imaging, and depict a possible configuration of a system capable of (i) biomimetic endoscopic vision enabling easier detection of lesions, (ii) label-free in vivo tissue characterization, and (iii) intelligently automated gastrointestinal cancer diagnostic.
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- Stefan G. Stanciu
- Center for Microscopy-Microanalysis and Information Processing, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Research Lab of Advanced, Composite, Nano-Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Nanoscopy and NIC@IIT, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
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- Medizinische Klinik IV-Gastroenterologie/Onkologie, Kliniken Böblingen, Klinikverbund Südwest, Böblingen, Germany
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Yu X, Zhou L, Qi T, Zhao H, Xie H. MEMS Enabled Miniature Two-Photon Microscopy for Biomedical Imaging. MICROMACHINES 2023; 14:470. [PMID: 36838170 PMCID: PMC9958604 DOI: 10.3390/mi14020470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Over the last decade, two-photon microscopy (TPM) has been the technique of choice for in vivo noninvasive optical brain imaging for neuroscientific study or intra-vital microendoscopic imaging for clinical diagnosis or surgical guidance because of its intrinsic capability of optical sectioning for imaging deeply below the tissue surface with sub-cellular resolution. However, most of these research activities and clinical applications are constrained by the bulky size of traditional TMP systems. An attractive solution is to develop miniaturized TPMs, but this is challenged by the difficulty of the integration of dynamically scanning optical and mechanical components into a small space. Fortunately, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, together with other emerging micro-optics techniques, has offered promising opportunities in enabling miniaturized TPMs. In this paper, the latest advancements in both lateral scan and axial scan techniques and the progress of miniaturized TPM imaging will be reviewed in detail. Miniature TPM probes with lateral 2D scanning mechanisms, including electrostatic, electromagnetic, and electrothermal actuation, are reviewed. Miniature TPM probes with axial scanning mechanisms, such as MEMS microlenses, remote-focus, liquid lenses, and deformable MEMS mirrors, are also reviewed.
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- Xiaomin Yu
- Key Laboratory of Biological Effect of Physical Field and Instrument, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- BIT Chongqing Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems, Chongqing 401332, China
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- BIT Chongqing Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems, Chongqing 401332, China
- Foshan Lightview Technology Co., Ltd., Foshan 528000, China
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- BIT Chongqing Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems, Chongqing 401332, China
- Foshan Lightview Technology Co., Ltd., Foshan 528000, China
- School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Kučikas V, Werner MP, Schmitz-Rode T, Louradour F, van Zandvoort MAMJ. Two-Photon Endoscopy: State of the Art and Perspectives. Mol Imaging Biol 2023; 25:3-17. [PMID: 34779969 PMCID: PMC9971078 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-021-01665-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In recent years, the demand for non-destructive deep-tissue imaging modalities has led to interest in multiphoton endoscopy. In contrast to bench top systems, multiphoton endoscopy enables subcellular resolution imaging in areas not reachable before. Several groups have recently presented their development towards the goal of producing user friendly plug and play system, which could be used in biological research and, potentially, clinical applications. We first present the technological challenges, prerequisites, and solutions in two-photon endoscopic systems. Secondly, we focus on the applications already found in literature. These applications mostly serve as a quality check of the built system, but do not answer a specific biomedical research question. Therefore, in the last part, we will describe our vision on the enormous potential applicability of adult two-photon endoscopic systems in biological and clinical research. We will thus bring forward the concept that two-photon endoscopy is a sine qua non in bringing this technique to the forefront in clinical applications.
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- Vytautas Kučikas
- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. .,XLIM Research Institute, Limoges University, CNRS, Limoges, France.
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- Department of Biohybrid and Medical Textiles (BioTex), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biohybrid and Medical Textiles (BioTex), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.,Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases CARIM, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Development of an Endoscopic Auto-Fluorescent Sensing Device to Aid in the Detection of Breast Cancer and Inform Photodynamic Therapy. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12111097. [PMID: 36422237 PMCID: PMC9697641 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12111097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer type in women, with it being the second most deadly cancer in terms of total yearly mortality. Due to the prevalence of this disease, better methods are needed for both detection and treatment. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) are autofluorescent biomarkers that lend insight into cell and tissue metabolism. As such, we developed an endoscopic device to measure these metabolites in tissue to differentiate between malignant tumors and normal tissue. We performed initial validations in liquid phantoms as well as compared to a previously validated redox imaging system. We also imaged ex vivo tissue samples after modulation with carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy) phenylhydrazone (FCCP) and a combination of rotenone and antimycin A. We then imaged the rim and the core of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer tumors, with our results showing that the core of a cancerous lesion has a significantly higher optical redox ratio ([FAD]/([FAD] + [NADH])) than the rim, which agrees with previously published results. The mouse muscle tissues exhibited a significantly lower FAD, higher NADH, and lower redox ratio compared to the tumor core or rim. We also used the endoscope to measure NADH and FAD after photodynamic therapy treatment, a light-activated treatment methodology. Our results found that the NADH signal increases in the malignancy rim and core, while the core of cancers demonstrated a significant increase in the FAD signal.
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Learned end-to-end high-resolution lensless fiber imaging towards real-time cancer diagnosis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18846. [PMID: 36344626 PMCID: PMC9640670 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23490-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Recent advances in label-free histology promise a new era for real-time diagnosis in neurosurgery. Deep learning using autofluorescence is promising for tumor classification without histochemical staining process. The high image resolution and minimally invasive diagnostics with negligible tissue damage is of great importance. The state of the art is raster scanning endoscopes, but the distal lens optics limits the size. Lensless fiber bundle endoscopy offers both small diameters of a few 100 microns and the suitability as single-use probes, which is beneficial in sterilization. The problem is the inherent honeycomb artifacts of coherent fiber bundles (CFB). For the first time, we demonstrate an end-to-end lensless fiber imaging with exploiting the near-field. The framework includes resolution enhancement and classification networks that use single-shot CFB images to provide both high-resolution imaging and tumor diagnosis. The well-trained resolution enhancement network not only recovers high-resolution features beyond the physical limitations of CFB, but also helps improving tumor recognition rate. Especially for glioblastoma, the resolution enhancement network helps increasing the classification accuracy from 90.8 to 95.6%. The novel technique enables histological real-time imaging with lensless fiber endoscopy and is promising for a quick and minimally invasive intraoperative treatment and cancer diagnosis in neurosurgery.
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Hao S, Xiong Y, Zheng M, Wang J. Bimodal polarization-sensitive imaging and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy facilitated rapid augmented reality for tissue stratification. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2022; 15:e202200101. [PMID: 35852139 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We reported the development of a bimodal large field of view (~95 cm2 ) polarization-sensitive (PS) imaging and point-wise diffuse reflectance (DR) spectroscopy platform synergising the advantages of the two modalities. PS-DR spectroscopy allows simultaneous label-free biochemical and structural analysis of the investigated tissue. For real applications, the PS imaging first grossly stratified tissue into different categories, followed by high information dimension PS-DR spectroscopy ascertaining ambiguous tissue regions identified by the PS imaging. Tested on a tissue phantom consisting of porcine esophagus muscularis propria and submucosa, it has demonstrated the system developed could complete tissue interrogation within 0.6 minutes and with separation accuracy of 95.87%. Further test on tissue phantom consisting of natural and crushed bovine tendon mimicking normal and cancerous breast tissues validated the potential of system developed to effectively and rapidly investigate large tissue area, facilitating augmented tissue boundary demarcation.
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- Shicheng Hao
- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System of Ministry of Education of China, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System of Ministry of Education of China, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System of Ministry of Education of China, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System of Ministry of Education of China, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
- Institute of Engineering Medicine, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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Choi W, Kang M, Hong JH, Katz O, Lee B, Kim GH, Choi Y, Choi W. Flexible-type ultrathin holographic endoscope for microscopic imaging of unstained biological tissues. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4469. [PMID: 35918348 PMCID: PMC9345988 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32114-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ultrathin lensless fibre endoscopes offer minimally invasive investigation, but they mostly operate as a rigid type due to the need for prior calibration of a fibre probe. Furthermore, most implementations work in fluorescence mode rather than label-free imaging mode, making them unsuitable for general medical diagnosis. Herein, we report a fully flexible ultrathin fibre endoscope taking 3D holographic images of unstained tissues with 0.85-μm spatial resolution. Using a bare fibre bundle as thin as 200-μm diameter, we design a lensless Fourier holographic imaging configuration to selectively detect weak reflections from biological tissues, a critical step for label-free endoscopic reflectance imaging. A unique algorithm is developed for calibration-free holographic image reconstruction, allowing us to image through a narrow and curved passage regardless of fibre bending. We demonstrate endoscopic reflectance imaging of unstained rat intestine tissues that are completely invisible to conventional endoscopes. The proposed endoscope will expedite a more accurate and earlier diagnosis than before with minimal complications.
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- Wonjun Choi
- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Selim and Rachel Benin School of Computer Science & Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Ansan, Korea.,B2LAB co., ltd, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk, Korea
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- Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Ansan, Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,Interdisciplinary Program in Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Wang C, Liu H, Cui H, Ma J, Li Y, Tian J, Jin C, Chen Y, Gao Y, Fu Q, Hu Y, Wu D, Yu F, Wu R, Wang A, Feng L. Two-photon endomicroscopy with microsphere-spliced double-cladding antiresonant fiber for resolution enhancement. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:26090-26101. [PMID: 36236806 DOI: 10.1364/oe.461325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We demonstrate a miniature fiber-optic two two-photon endomicroscopy with microsphere-spliced double-cladding antiresonant fiber for resolution enhancement. An easy-to-operate process for fixing microsphere permanently in an antiresonant fiber core, by arc discharge, is proposed. The flexible fiber-optic probe is integrated with a parameter of 5.8 mm × 49.1 mm (outer diameter × rigid length); the field of view is 210 µm, the resolution is 1.3 µm, and the frame rate is 0.7 fps. The imaging ability is verified using ex-vivo mouse kidney, heart, stomach, tail tendon, and in-vivo brain neural imaging.
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Septier D, Mytskaniuk V, Habert R, Labat D, Baudelle K, Cassez A, Brévalle-Wasilewski G, Conforti M, Bouwmans G, Rigneault H, Kudlinski A. Label-free highly multimodal nonlinear endoscope. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:25020-25033. [PMID: 36237042 PMCID: PMC9363033 DOI: 10.1364/oe.462361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We demonstrate a 2 mm diameter highly multimodal nonlinear micro-endoscope allowing label-free imaging of biological tissues. The endoscope performs multiphoton fluorescence (3-photon, 2-photon), harmonic generation (second-SHG and third-THG) and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) imaging over a field of view of 200 µm. The micro-endoscope is based on a double-clad antiresonant hollow core fiber featuring a high transmission window (850 nm to 1800 nm) that is functionalized with a short piece of graded-index (GRIN) fiber. When combined with a GRIN micro-objective, the micro-endoscope achieves a 1.1 µm point spread function (PSF). We demonstrate 3-photon, 2-photon, THG, SHG, and CARS high resolution images of unlabelled biological tissues.
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- D. Septier
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Lightcore Technologies, Cannes, France
- Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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Kreiss L, Thoma OM, Lemire S, Lechner K, Carlé B, Dilipkumar A, Kunert T, Scheibe K, Heichler C, Merten AL, Weigmann B, Neufert C, Hildner K, Vieth M, Neurath MF, Friedrich O, Schürmann S, Waldner MJ. Label-Free Characterization and Quantification of Mucosal Inflammation in Common Murine Colitis Models With Multiphoton Imaging. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2022; 28:1637-1646. [PMID: 35699622 PMCID: PMC9629455 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izac114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Clinical challenges in inflammatory bowel diseases require microscopic in vivo evaluation of inflammation. Here, label-free imaging holds great potential, and recently, our group demonstrated the advantage of using in vivo multiphoton endomicroscopy for longitudinal animal studies. This article extends our previous work by in-depth analysis of label-free tissue features in common colitis models quantified by the multiphoton colitis score (MCS). METHODS Fresh mucosal tissues were evaluated from acute and chronic dextran sulfate sodium (DSS), TNBS, oxazolone, and transfer colitis. Label-free imaging was performed by using second harmonic generation and natural autofluorescence. Morphological changes in mucosal crypts, collagen fibers, and cellularity in the stroma were analyzed and graded. RESULTS Our approach discriminated between healthy (mean MCS = 2.5) and inflamed tissue (mean MCS > 5) in all models, and the MCS was validated by hematoxylin and eosin scoring of the same samples (85.2% agreement). Moreover, specific characteristics of each phenotype were identified. While TNBS, oxazolone, and transfer colitis showed high cellularity in stroma, epithelial damage seemed specific for chronic, acute DSS and transfer colitis. Crypt deformations were mostly observed in acute DSS. CONCLUSIONS Quantification of label-free imaging is promising for in vivo endoscopy. In the future, this could be valuable for monitoring of inflammatory pathways in murine models, which is highly relevant for the development of new inflammatory bowel disease therapeutics.
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- Lucas Kreiss
- Address correspondence to: Lucas Kreiss, Dr.-Ing, Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Gordan-Str 3, 91052 Erlangen, Germany ()
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany,Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany,Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Lin F, Zhang C, Zhao Y, Shen B, Hu R, Liu L, Qu J. In vivo two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microendoscopy based on fiber-bundle. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:2137-2140. [PMID: 35486743 DOI: 10.1364/ol.453102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging microendoscopy (FLIME) has been reported to investigate the physicochemical microenvironment in biological tissue. In this work, we designed a two-photon (TP) FLIME system based on a fiber-bundle glued with an achromatic mini-objective with 1.4-mm diameter, which was coupled to a standard TP microscope containing a dispersion precompensation module in the laser source. With 840 nm excitation, the field of view and lateral resolution of our system are 390 µm and 1.55 µm, respectively. To examine the capability of imaging in vivo, we obtained Z-stack (0-130 µm) TP-FLIME images from the intestine's surface of a mouse injected with squaraine dye. Further, we utilized the TP-FLIME system to image the kidney, liver, and xenografted tumor at 100-µm depth in vivo with cellular resolution, which features the distribution of cells and tissue structures with better contrast than intensity images. These results demonstrated that the proposed system is capable of measuring fluorescence lifetime in situ and provides a powerful tool to research the deep tissue microenvironment naturally.
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Patel KB, Liang W, Casper MJ, Voleti V, Li W, Yagielski AJ, Zhao HT, Perez Campos C, Lee GS, Liu JM, Philipone E, Yoon AJ, Olive KP, Coley SM, Hillman EMC. High-speed light-sheet microscopy for the in-situ acquisition of volumetric histological images of living tissue. Nat Biomed Eng 2022; 6:569-583. [PMID: 35347275 PMCID: PMC10353946 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-022-00849-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Histological examinations typically require the excision of tissue, followed by its fixation, slicing, staining, mounting and imaging, with timeframes ranging from minutes to days. This process may remove functional tissue, may miss abnormalities through under-sampling, prevents rapid decision-making, and increases costs. Here, we report the feasibility of microscopes based on swept confocally aligned planar excitation technology for the volumetric histological imaging of intact living tissue in real time. The systems' single-objective, light-sheet geometry and 3D imaging speeds enable roving image acquisition, which combined with 3D stitching permits the contiguous analysis of large tissue areas, as well as the dynamic assessment of tissue perfusion and function. Implemented in benchtop and miniaturized form factors, the microscopes also have high sensitivity, even for weak intrinsic fluorescence, allowing for the label-free imaging of diagnostically relevant histoarchitectural structures, as we show for pancreatic disease in living mice, for chronic kidney disease in fresh human kidney tissues, and for oral mucosa in a healthy volunteer. Miniaturized high-speed light-sheet microscopes for in-situ volumetric histological imaging may facilitate the point-of-care detection of diverse cellular-level biomarkers.
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- Kripa B Patel
- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Digestive and Liver Disease, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Deep-learning two-photon fiberscopy for video-rate brain imaging in freely-behaving mice. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1534. [PMID: 35318318 PMCID: PMC8940941 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29236-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Scanning two-photon (2P) fiberscopes (also termed endomicroscopes) have the potential to transform our understanding of how discrete neural activity patterns result in distinct behaviors, as they are capable of high resolution, sub cellular imaging yet small and light enough to allow free movement of mice. However, their acquisition speed is currently suboptimal, due to opto-mechanical size and weight constraints. Here we demonstrate significant advances in 2P fiberscopy that allow high resolution imaging at high speeds (26 fps) in freely-behaving mice. A high-speed scanner and a down-sampling scheme are developed to boost imaging speed, and a deep learning (DL) algorithm is introduced to recover image quality. For the DL algorithm, a two-stage learning transfer strategy is established to generate proper training datasets for enhancing the quality of in vivo images. Implementation enables video-rate imaging at ~26 fps, representing 10-fold improvement in imaging speed over the previous 2P fiberscopy technology while maintaining a high signal-to-noise ratio and imaging resolution. This DL-assisted 2P fiberscope is capable of imaging the arousal-induced activity changes in populations of layer2/3 pyramidal neurons in the primary motor cortex of freely-behaving mice, providing opportunities to define the neural basis of behavior. The acquisition speed of two-photon fiberscopes is currently suboptimal. Here the authors report advances, including a high-speed scanner and down-sampling scheme as well as a two-stage deep learning (DL) algorithm, to allow high-speed, high-resolution imaging in freely moving mice.
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Double-Clad Fiber-Based Multifunctional Biosensors and Multimodal Bioimaging Systems: Technology and Applications. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12020090. [PMID: 35200350 PMCID: PMC8869713 DOI: 10.3390/bios12020090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Optical fibers have been used to probe various tissue properties such as temperature, pH, absorption, and scattering. Combining different sensing and imaging modalities within a single fiber allows for increased sensitivity without compromising the compactness of an optical fiber probe. A double-clad fiber (DCF) can sustain concurrent propagation modes (single-mode, through its core, and multimode, through an inner cladding), making DCFs ideally suited for multimodal approaches. This study provides a technological review of how DCFs are used to combine multiple sensing functionalities and imaging modalities. Specifically, we discuss the working principles of DCF-based sensors and relevant instrumentation as well as fiber probe designs and functionalization schemes. Secondly, we review different applications using a DCF-based probe to perform multifunctional sensing and multimodal bioimaging.
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Li Y, Shen B, Zou G, Hu R, Pan Y, Qu J, Liu L. Super-Multiplex Nonlinear Optical Imaging Unscrambles the Statistical Complexity of Cancer Subtypes and Tumor Microenvironment. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2104379. [PMID: 34927370 PMCID: PMC8844469 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Label-free nonlinear optical imaging (NLOI) has made tremendous inroads toward unscrambling the microcosmic complexity of cancers. However, harmonic and Raman microscopy offers throughput without redox information to reveal metabolic differentiation, and fluorescence lifetime microscopy lacks the vibrational response of molecules to visualize specific molecular constituents such as lipid. Here, a flexible, robust simultaneous multi-nonlinear imaging and cross-modality system that combines complementary imaging contrast mechanisms is demonstrated. This system, utilizing multiplexed ultrashort pulses, ingeniously integrates typical nonlinear processes, and high-dimension lifetime extension in a single setup to enhance the imaging dimensions and quality. Using this system, the authors perform label-free comprehensive evaluation of clinicopathological tissues of ovarian carcinoma due to its statistical complexity. The results show that the technology provides statistically rich, insightful information with high accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity, in contrast to standard histopathology, and can potentially be a powerful tool for fundamental cancer research and clinical applications.
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- Yanping Li
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province and Ministry of EducationCollege of Physics and Optoelectronic EngineeringShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province and Ministry of EducationCollege of Physics and Optoelectronic EngineeringShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province and Ministry of EducationCollege of Physics and Optoelectronic EngineeringShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province and Ministry of EducationCollege of Physics and Optoelectronic EngineeringShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060China
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- China–Japan Union Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun130033China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province and Ministry of EducationCollege of Physics and Optoelectronic EngineeringShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province and Ministry of EducationCollege of Physics and Optoelectronic EngineeringShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060China
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Sherlock B, Chen J, Mansfield J, Green E, Winlove C. Biophotonic tools for probing extracellular matrix mechanics. Matrix Biol Plus 2021; 12:100093. [PMID: 34934939 PMCID: PMC8661043 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2021.100093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The complex, hierarchical and heterogeneous biomechanics of the extracellular matrix (ECM) are central to the health of multicellular organisms. Characterising the distribution, dynamics and above all else origins of ECM biomechanics are challenges that have captivated researchers for decades. Recently, a suite of biophotonics techniques have emerged as powerful new tools to investigate ECM biomechanics. In this mini-review, we discuss how the non-destructive, sub-micron resolution imaging capabilities of Raman spectroscopy and nonlinear microscopy are being used to interrogate the biomechanics of thick, living tissues. These high speed, label-free techniques are implemented during mechanical testing, providing unprecedented insight into the compositional and structural response of the ECM to changes in the mechanical environment.
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- B.E. Sherlock
- College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, United Kingdom
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- College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom
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- College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom
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- College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom
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- College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom
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Pshenay-Severin E, Bae H, Reichwald K, Matz G, Bierlich J, Kobelke J, Lorenz A, Schwuchow A, Meyer-Zedler T, Schmitt M, Messerschmidt B, Popp J. Multimodal nonlinear endomicroscopic imaging probe using a double-core double-clad fiber and focus-combining micro-optical concept. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2021; 10:207. [PMID: 34611136 PMCID: PMC8492681 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-021-00648-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Multimodal non-linear microscopy combining coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, second harmonic generation, and two-photon excited fluorescence has proved to be a versatile and powerful tool enabling the label-free investigation of tissue structure, molecular composition, and correlation with function and disease status. For a routine medical application, the implementation of this approach into an in vivo imaging endoscope is required. However, this is a difficult task due to the requirements of a multicolour ultrashort laser delivery from a compact and robust laser source through a fiber with low losses and temporal synchronization, the efficient signal collection in epi-direction, the need for small-diameter but highly corrected endomicroobjectives of high numerical aperture and compact scanners. Here, we introduce an ultra-compact fiber-scanning endoscope platform for multimodal non-linear endomicroscopy in combination with a compact four-wave mixing based fiber laser. The heart of this fiber-scanning endoscope is an in-house custom-designed, single mode, double clad, double core pure silica fiber in combination with a 2.4 mm diameter NIR-dual-waveband corrected endomicroscopic objective of 0.55 numerical aperture and 180 µm field of view for non-linear imaging, allowing a background free, low-loss, high peak power laser delivery, and an efficient signal collection in backward direction. A linear diffractive optical grating overlays pump and Stokes laser foci across the full field of view, such that diffraction-limited performance is demonstrated for tissue imaging at one frame per second with sub-micron spatial resolution and at a high transmission of 65% from the laser to the specimen using a distal resonant fiber scanner.
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- GRINTECH GmbH, Schillerstr. 1, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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Tang Y, Anandasabapathy S, Richards‐Kortum R. Advances in optical gastrointestinal endoscopy: a technical review. Mol Oncol 2021; 15:2580-2599. [PMID: 32915503 PMCID: PMC8486567 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Optical endoscopy is the primary diagnostic and therapeutic tool for management of gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies. Most GI neoplasms arise from precancerous lesions; thus, technical innovations to improve detection and diagnosis of precancerous lesions and early cancers play a pivotal role in improving outcomes. Over the last few decades, the field of GI endoscopy has witnessed enormous and focused efforts to develop and translate accurate, user-friendly, and minimally invasive optical imaging modalities. From a technical point of view, a wide range of novel optical techniques is now available to probe different aspects of light-tissue interaction at macroscopic and microscopic scales, complementing white light endoscopy. Most of these new modalities have been successfully validated and translated to routine clinical practice. Herein, we provide a technical review of the current status of existing and promising new optical endoscopic imaging technologies for GI cancer screening and surveillance. We summarize the underlying principles of light-tissue interaction, the imaging performance at different scales, and highlight what is known about clinical applicability and effectiveness. Furthermore, we discuss recent discovery and translation of novel molecular probes that have shown promise to augment endoscopists' ability to diagnose GI lesions with high specificity. We also review and discuss the role and potential clinical integration of artificial intelligence-based algorithms to provide decision support in real time. Finally, we provide perspectives on future technology development and its potential to transform endoscopic GI cancer detection and diagnosis.
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- Yubo Tang
- Department of BioengineeringRice UniversityHoustonTXUSA
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Wülfers EM, Greiner J, Giese M, Madl J, Kroll J, Stiller B, Kohl P, Rog-Zielinska EA, Fürniss HE. Quantitative collagen assessment in right ventricular myectomies from patients with tetralogy of Fallot. Europace 2021; 23:i38-i47. [PMID: 33404047 PMCID: PMC7943371 DOI: 10.1093/europace/euaa389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aims Patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) are often affected by right ventricular fibrosis, which has been associated with arrhythmias. This study aimed to assess fibrosis distribution in right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) myocardium of TOF patients to evaluate the utility of single histology-section analyses, and to explore the possibility of fibrosis quantification in unlabelled tissue by second harmonic generation imaging (SHGI) as an alternative to conventional histology-based assays. Methods and results We quantified fibrosis in 11 TOF RVOT samples, using a tailor-made automated image analysis method on Picrosirius red-stained sections. In a subset of samples, histology- and SHGI-based fibrosis quantification approaches were compared. Fibrosis distribution was highly heterogeneous, with significant and comparable variability between and within samples. We found that, on average, 67.8 mm2 of 10 µm thick, histologically processed tissue per patient had to be analysed for accurate fibrosis quantification. SHGI provided data faster and on live tissue, additionally enabling quantification of collagen anisotropy. Conclusion Given the high intra-individual heterogeneity, fibrosis quantification should not be conducted on single sections of TOF RVOT myectomies. We provide an analysis algorithm for fibrosis quantification in histological images, which enables the required extended volume analyses in these patients.
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- Eike M Wülfers
- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center- University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Faculty of Medicine, Elsässer Straße 2Q, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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Chen D, Nauen DW, Park HC, Li D, Yuan W, Li A, Guan H, Kut C, Chaichana KL, Bettegowda C, Quiñones-Hinojosa A, Li X. Label-free imaging of human brain tissue at subcellular resolution for potential rapid intra-operative assessment of glioma surgery. Am J Cancer Res 2021; 11:7222-7234. [PMID: 34158846 PMCID: PMC8210590 DOI: 10.7150/thno.59244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background: Frozen section and smear preparation are the current standard for intraoperative histopathology during cancer surgery. However, these methods are time-consuming and subject to limited sampling. Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) is a high-resolution non-destructive imaging technique capable of optical sectioning in real time with subcellular resolution. In this report, we systematically investigated the feasibility and translation potential of MPM for rapid histopathological assessment of label- and processing-free surgical specimens. Methods: We employed a customized MPM platform to capture architectural and cytological features of biological tissues based on two-photon excited NADH and FAD autofluorescence and second harmonic generation from collagen. Infiltrating glioma, an aggressive disease that requires subcellular resolution for definitive characterization during surgery, was chosen as an example for this validation study. MPM images were collected from resected brain specimens of 19 patients and correlated with histopathology. Deep learning was introduced to assist with image feature recognition. Results: MPM robustly captures diagnostic features of glioma including increased cellularity, cellular and nuclear pleomorphism, microvascular proliferation, necrosis, and collagen deposition. Preliminary application of deep learning to MPM images achieves high accuracy in distinguishing gray from white matter and cancer from non-cancer. We also demonstrate the ability to obtain such images from intact brain tissue with a multiphoton endomicroscope for intraoperative application. Conclusion: Multiphoton imaging correlates well with histopathology and is a promising tool for characterization of cancer and delineation of infiltration within seconds during brain surgery.
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Guan H, Liang W, Li A, Gau YTA, Chen D, Li MJ, Bergles DE, Li X. Multicolor fiber-optic two-photon endomicroscopy for brain imaging. OPTICS LETTERS 2021; 46:1093-1096. [PMID: 33649665 PMCID: PMC11214692 DOI: 10.1364/ol.412760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Visualizing activity patterns of distinct cell types during complex behaviors is essential to understand complex neural networks. It remains challenging to excite multiple fluorophores simultaneously so that different types of neurons can be imaged. In this Letter, we report a multicolor fiber-optic two-photon endomicroscopy platform in which two pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser and an optical parametric oscillator were synchronized and delivered through a single customized double-clad fiber to excite multiple chromophores. A third virtual wavelength could also be generated by spatial-temporal overlapping of the two pulses. The performance of the fiber-optic multicolor two-photon endomicroscope was demonstrated by in vivo imaging of a mouse cerebral cortex with "Brainbow" labeling.
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- Honghua Guan
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Science and Technology Division, Corning Incorporated, Corning, New York 14831, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 21218, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 21205, USA
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Kang J, Kang U, Nam HS, Kim W, Kim HJ, Kim RH, Kim JW, Yoo H. Label-free multimodal microscopy using a single light source and detector for biological imaging. OPTICS LETTERS 2021; 46:892-895. [PMID: 33577541 DOI: 10.1364/ol.415938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Multimodal nonlinear microscopy has been widely applied in biology and medicine due to its relatively deep penetration into tissue and its label-free manner. However, current multimodal systems require the use of multiple sources and detectors, leading to bulky, complex, and expensive systems. In this Letter, we present a novel method of using a single light source and detector for nonlinear multimodal imaging of biological samples. Using a photonic crystal fiber, a pulse picker, and multimode fibers, our developed system successfully acquired multimodal images of swine coronary arteries, including two-photon excitation fluorescence, second-harmonic generation, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, and backreflection. The developed system could be a valuable tool for various biomedical applications.
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He Z, Wang P, Liang Y, Fu Z, Ye X. Clinically Available Optical Imaging Technologies in Endoscopic Lesion Detection: Current Status and Future Perspective. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2021; 2021:7594513. [PMID: 33628407 PMCID: PMC7886528 DOI: 10.1155/2021/7594513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Endoscopic optical imaging technologies for the detection and evaluation of dysplasia and early cancer have made great strides in recent decades. With the capacity of in vivo early detection of subtle lesions, they allow modern endoscopists to provide accurate and effective optical diagnosis in real time. This review mainly analyzes the current status of clinically available endoscopic optical imaging techniques, with emphasis on the latest updates of existing techniques. We summarize current coverage of these technologies in major hospital departments such as gastroenterology, urology, gynecology, otolaryngology, pneumology, and laparoscopic surgery. In order to promote a broader understanding, we further cover the underlying principles of these technologies and analyze their performance. Moreover, we provide a brief overview of future perspectives in related technologies, such as computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) algorithms dealing with exploring endoscopic video data. We believe all these efforts will benefit the healthcare of the community, help endoscopists improve the accuracy of diagnosis, and relieve patients' suffering.
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- Zhongyu He
- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- State Key Laboratory of CAD and CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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James DS, Campagnola PJ. Recent Advancements in Optical Harmonic Generation Microscopy: Applications and Perspectives. BME FRONTIERS 2021; 2021:3973857. [PMID: 37849910 PMCID: PMC10521653 DOI: 10.34133/2021/3973857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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Second harmonic generation (SHG) and third harmonic generation (THG) microscopies have emerged as powerful imaging modalities to examine structural properties of a wide range of biological tissues. Although SHG and THG arise from very different contrast mechanisms, the two are complimentary and can often be collected simultaneously using a modified multiphoton microscope. In this review, we discuss the needed instrumentation for these modalities as well as the underlying theoretical principles of SHG and THG in tissue and describe how these can be leveraged to extract unique structural information. We provide an overview of recent advances showing how SHG microscopy has been used to evaluate collagen alterations in the extracellular matrix and how this has been used to advance our knowledge of cancers, fibroses, and the cornea, as well as in tissue engineering applications. Specific examples using polarization-resolved approaches and machine learning algorithms are highlighted. Similarly, we review how THG has enabled developmental biology and skin cancer studies due to its sensitivity to changes in refractive index, which are ubiquitous in all cell and tissue assemblies. Lastly, we offer perspectives and outlooks on future directions of SHG and THG microscopies and present unresolved questions, especially in terms of overall miniaturization and the development of microendoscopy instrumentation.
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- Darian S. James
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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He Z, Wang P, Ye X. Novel endoscopic optical diagnostic technologies in medical trial research: recent advancements and future prospects. Biomed Eng Online 2021; 20:5. [PMID: 33407477 PMCID: PMC7789310 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-020-00845-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Novel endoscopic biophotonic diagnostic technologies have the potential to non-invasively detect the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the human body with subcellular resolution or to obtain biochemical information about tissue in real time. With the capability to visualize or analyze the diagnostic target in vivo, these techniques gradually developed as potential candidates to challenge histopathology which remains the gold standard for diagnosis. Consequently, many innovative endoscopic diagnostic techniques have succeeded in detection, characterization, and confirmation: the three critical steps for routine endoscopic diagnosis. In this review, we mainly summarize researches on emerging endoscopic optical diagnostic techniques, with emphasis on recent advances. We also introduce the fundamental principles and the development of those techniques and compare their characteristics. Especially, we shed light on the merit of novel endoscopic imaging technologies in medical research. For example, hyperspectral imaging and Raman spectroscopy provide direct molecular information, while optical coherence tomography and multi-photo endomicroscopy offer a more extensive detection range and excellent spatial-temporal resolution. Furthermore, we summarize the unexplored application fields of these endoscopic optical techniques in major hospital departments for biomedical researchers. Finally, we provide a brief overview of the future perspectives, as well as bottlenecks of those endoscopic optical diagnostic technologies. We believe all these efforts will enrich the diagnostic toolbox for endoscopists, enhance diagnostic efficiency, and reduce the rate of missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis.
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- Zhongyu He
- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of CAD and CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China.
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Liu C, Shi C, Wang T, Zhang H, Jing L, Jin X, Xu J, Wang H. Bio-inspired multimodal 3D endoscope for image-guided and robotic surgery. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:145-157. [PMID: 33362105 DOI: 10.1364/oe.410424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Image-guided and robotic surgery based on endoscopic imaging technologies can enhance cancer treatment by ideally removing all cancerous tissue and avoiding iatrogenic damage to healthy tissue. Surgeons evaluate the tumor margins at the cost of impeding surgical workflow or working with dimmed surgical illumination, since current endoscopic imaging systems cannot simultaneous and real-time color and near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging under normal surgical illumination. To overcome this problem, a bio-inspired multimodal 3D endoscope combining the excellent characteristics of human eyes and compound eyes of mantis shrimp is proposed. This 3D endoscope, which achieves simultaneous and real-time imaging of three-dimensional stereoscopic, color, and NIR fluorescence, consists of three parts: a broad-band binocular optical system like as human eye, an optical relay system, and a multiband sensor inspired by the mantis shrimp's compound eye. By introducing an optical relay system, the two sub-images after the broad-band binocular optical system can be projected onto one and the same multiband sensor. A series of experiments demonstrate that this bio-inspired multimodal 3D endoscope not only provides surgeons with real-time feedback on the location of tumor tissue and lymph nodes but also creates an immersive experience for surgeons without impeding surgical workflow. Its excellent characteristics and good scalability can promote the further development and application of image-guided and robotic surgery.
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Kaur M, Lane PM, Menon C. Scanning and Actuation Techniques for Cantilever-Based Fiber Optic Endoscopic Scanners-A Review. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21010251. [PMID: 33401728 PMCID: PMC7795415 DOI: 10.3390/s21010251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Endoscopes are used routinely in modern medicine for in-vivo imaging of luminal organs. Technical advances in the micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) and optical fields have enabled the further miniaturization of endoscopes, resulting in the ability to image previously inaccessible small-caliber luminal organs, enabling the early detection of lesions and other abnormalities in these tissues. The development of scanning fiber endoscopes supports the fabrication of small cantilever-based imaging devices without compromising the image resolution. The size of an endoscope is highly dependent on the actuation and scanning method used to illuminate the target image area. Different actuation methods used in the design of small-sized cantilever-based endoscopes are reviewed in this paper along with their working principles, advantages and disadvantages, generated scanning patterns, and applications.
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- Mandeep Kaur
- MENRVA Research Group, Schools of Mechatronic Systems Engineering and Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, B.C. V3T 0A3, Canada;
- School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, Canada;
- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, Canada;
- Imaging Unit, Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- MENRVA Research Group, Schools of Mechatronic Systems Engineering and Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, B.C. V3T 0A3, Canada;
- School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, Canada;
- Correspondence:
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Sahu SP, Liu Q, Prasad A, Hasan SMA, Liu Q, Rodriguez MXB, Mukhopadhyay O, Burk D, Francis J, Mukhopadhyay S, Fu X, Gartia MR. Characterization of fibrillar collagen isoforms in infarcted mouse hearts using second harmonic generation imaging. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 12:604-618. [PMID: 33520391 PMCID: PMC7818962 DOI: 10.1364/boe.410347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We utilized collagen specific second harmonic generation (SHG) signatures coupled with correlative immunofluorescence imaging techniques to characterize collagen structural isoforms (type I and type III) in a murine model of myocardial infarction (MI). Tissue samples were imaged over a four week period using SHG, transmitted light microscopy and immunofluorescence imaging using fluorescently-labeled collagen antibodies. The post-mortem cardiac tissue imaging using SHG demonstrated a progressive increase in collagen deposition in the left ventricle (LV) post-MI. We were able to monitor structural morphology and LV remodeling parameters in terms of extent of LV dilation, stiffness and fiber dimensions in the infarcted myocardium.
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- Sushant P Sahu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- LSU AgCenter, School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Shared Instrumentation Facility and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
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- Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- LSU AgCenter, School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Liang W, Park HC, Li K, Li A, Chen D, Guan H, Yue Y, Gau YTA, Bergles DE, Li MJ, Lu H, Li X. Throughput-Speed Product Augmentation for Scanning Fiber-Optic Two-Photon Endomicroscopy. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2020; 39:3779-3787. [PMID: 32746124 PMCID: PMC7773217 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2020.3005067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Compactness, among several others, is one unique and very attractive feature of a scanning fiber-optic two-photon endomicroscope. To increase the scanning area and the total number of resolvable pixels (i.e., the imaging throughput), it typically requires a longer cantilever which, however, leads to a much undesired, reduced scanning speed (and thus imaging frame rate). Herein we introduce a new design strategy for a fiber-optic scanning endomicroscope, where the overall numerical aperture (NA) or beam focusing power is distributed over two stages: 1) a mode-field focuser engineered at the tip of a double-clad fiber (DCF) cantilever to pre-amplify the single-mode core NA, and 2) a micro objective of a lower magnification (i.e., ∼ 2× in this design) to achieve final tight beam focusing. This new design enables either an ~9-fold increase in imaging area (throughput) or an ~3-fold improvement in imaging frame rate when compared to traditional fiber-optic endomicroscope designs. The performance of an as-designed endomicroscope of an enhanced throughput-speed product was demonstrated by two representative applications: (1) high-resolution imaging of an internal organ (i.e., mouse kidney) in vivo over a large field of view without using any fluorescent contrast agents, and (2) real-time neural imaging by visualizing dendritic calcium dynamics in vivo with sub-second temporal resolution in GCaMP6m-expressing mouse brain. This cascaded NA amplification strategy is universal and can be readily adapted to other types of fiber-optic scanners in compact linear or nonlinear endomicroscopes.
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Hwang K, Seo YH, Kim DY, Ahn J, Lee S, Han KH, Lee KH, Jon S, Kim P, Yu KE, Kim H, Kang SH, Jeong KH. Handheld endomicroscope using a fiber-optic harmonograph enables real-time and in vivo confocal imaging of living cell morphology and capillary perfusion. MICROSYSTEMS & NANOENGINEERING 2020; 6:72. [PMID: 34567682 PMCID: PMC8433427 DOI: 10.1038/s41378-020-00182-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Confocal laser endomicroscopy provides high potential for noninvasive and in vivo optical biopsy at the cellular level. Here, we report a fully packaged handheld confocal endomicroscopic system for real-time, high-resolution, and in vivo cellular imaging using a Lissajous scanning fiber-optic harmonograph. The endomicroscopic system features an endomicroscopic probe with a fiber-optic harmonograph, a confocal microscope unit, and an image signal processor. The fiber-optic harmonograph contains a single mode fiber coupled with a quadrupole piezoelectric tube, which resonantly scans both axes at ~ 1 kHz to obtain a Lissajous pattern. The fiber-optic harmonograph was fully packaged into an endomicroscopic probe with an objective lens. The endomicroscopic probe was hygienically packaged for waterproofing and disinfection of medical instruments within a 2.6-mm outer diameter stainless tube capable of being inserted through the working channel of a clinical endoscope. The probe was further combined with the confocal microscope unit for indocyanine green imaging and the image signal processor for high frame rate and high density Lissajous scanning. The signal processing unit delivers driving signals for probe actuation and reconstructs confocal images using the auto phase matching process of Lissajous fiber scanners. The confocal endomicroscopic system was used to successfully obtain human in vitro fluorescent images and real-time ex vivo and in vivo fluorescent images of the living cell morphology and capillary perfusion inside a single mouse.
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- Kyungmin Hwang
- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST and KAIST Institute of Health Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
- VPIX Medical, Inc, Deajeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST and KAIST Institute of Health Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST and KAIST Institute of Health Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, KAIST and KAIST Institute of Health Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST and KAIST Institute for the BioCentury, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- VPIX Medical, Inc, Deajeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST and KAIST Institute for the BioCentury, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, KAIST and KAIST Institute of Health Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- VPIX Medical, Inc, Deajeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University Medicine, Seoul, 02842 Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University Medicine, Seoul, 02842 Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST and KAIST Institute of Health Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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Ranjit S, Lanzanò L, Libby AE, Gratton E, Levi M. Advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques to study kidney function. Nat Rev Nephrol 2020; 17:128-144. [PMID: 32948857 DOI: 10.1038/s41581-020-00337-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fluorescence microscopy, in particular immunofluorescence microscopy, has been used extensively for the assessment of kidney function and pathology for both research and diagnostic purposes. The development of confocal microscopy in the 1950s enabled imaging of live cells and intravital imaging of the kidney; however, confocal microscopy is limited by its maximal spatial resolution and depth. More recent advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques have enabled increasingly detailed assessment of kidney structure and provided extraordinary insights into kidney function. For example, nanoscale precise imaging by rapid beam oscillation (nSPIRO) is a super-resolution microscopy technique that was originally developed for functional imaging of kidney microvilli and enables detection of dynamic physiological events in the kidney. A variety of techniques such as fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) enable assessment of interaction between proteins. The emergence of other super-resolution techniques, including super-resolution stimulated emission depletion (STED), photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM), stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) and structured illumination microscopy (SIM), has enabled functional imaging of cellular and subcellular organelles at ≤50 nm resolution. The deep imaging via emission recovery (DIVER) detector allows deep, label-free and high-sensitivity imaging of second harmonics, enabling assessment of processes such as fibrosis, whereas fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) enables assessment of metabolic processes.
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- Suman Ranjit
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. .,Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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- Nanoscopy and NIC@IIT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
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Kreiß L, Thoma OM, Dilipkumar A, Carlé B, Longequeue P, Kunert T, Rath T, Hildner K, Neufert C, Vieth M, Neurath MF, Friedrich O, Schürmann S, Waldner MJ. Label-Free In Vivo Histopathology of Experimental Colitis via 3-Channel Multiphoton Endomicroscopy. Gastroenterology 2020; 159:832-834. [PMID: 32544392 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Lucas Kreiß
- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany; Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies
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- Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies; Department of Medicine 1, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany; Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie DZI, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany; Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany; Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies
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- Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies; Department of Medicine 1, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie DZI, Erlangen, Germany.
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Rivenson Y, de Haan K, Wallace WD, Ozcan A. Emerging Advances to Transform Histopathology Using Virtual Staining. BME FRONTIERS 2020; 2020:9647163. [PMID: 37849966 PMCID: PMC10521663 DOI: 10.34133/2020/9647163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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In an age where digitization is widespread in clinical and preclinical workflows, pathology is still predominantly practiced by microscopic evaluation of stained tissue specimens affixed on glass slides. Over the last decade, new high throughput digital scanning microscopes have ushered in the era of digital pathology that, along with recent advances in machine vision, have opened up new possibilities for Computer-Aided-Diagnoses. Despite these advances, the high infrastructural costs related to digital pathology and the perception that the digitization process is an additional and nondirectly reimbursable step have challenged its widespread adoption. Here, we discuss how emerging virtual staining technologies and machine learning can help to disrupt the standard histopathology workflow and create new avenues for the diagnostic paradigm that will benefit patients and healthcare systems alike via digital pathology.
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- Yair Rivenson
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Sehm T, Uckermann O, Galli R, Meinhardt M, Rickelt E, Krex D, Schackert G, Kirsch M. Label-free multiphoton microscopy as a tool to investigate alterations of cerebral aneurysms. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12359. [PMID: 32704100 PMCID: PMC7378195 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69222-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cerebral aneurysms are abnormal focal dilatations of arterial vessel walls with pathological vessel structure alterations. Sudden rupture can lead to a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which is associated with a high mortality. Therefore, the origin of cerebral aneurysms as well as the progression to the point of rupture needs to be further investigated. Label-free multimodal multiphoton microscopy (MPM) was performed on resected human aneurysm domes and integrated three modalities: coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, endogenous two-photon fluorescence and second harmonic generation. We showed that MPM is a completely label-free and real-time powerful tool to detect pathognomonic histopathological changes in aneurysms, e.g. thickening and thinning of vessel walls, intimal hyperplasia, intra-wall haemorrhage, calcification as well as atherosclerotic changes. In particular, the loss or fragmentation of elastin as well as fibromatous wall remodelling appeared very distinct. Remarkably, cholesterol and lipid deposits were clearly visible in the multiphoton images. MPM provides morphological and biochemical information that are crucial for understanding the mechanisms of aneurysm formation and progression.
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- Tina Sehm
- Neurosurgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- Neurosurgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, Otto-Von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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- Neurosurgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, , Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Neurosurgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Neurosurgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Neurosurgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Neurosurgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- CRTD/DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden - Cluster of Excellence, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- Asklepios Kliniken Schildautal, Seesen, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Park HC, Guan H, Li A, Yue Y, Li MJ, Lu H, Li X. High-speed fiber-optic scanning nonlinear endomicroscopy for imaging neuron dynamicsin vivo. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:3605-3608. [PMID: 32630910 PMCID: PMC7585368 DOI: 10.1364/ol.396023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fiber-optic-based two-photon fluorescence endomicroscopy is emerging as an enabling technology for in vivo histological imaging of internal organs and functional neuronal imaging on freely-behaving animals. However, high-speed imaging remains challenging due to the expense of miniaturization and lack of suited fast beam scanners. For many applications, a higher imaging speed is highly desired, especially for monitoring functional dynamics such as transient dendritic responses in neuroscience. This Letter reports the development of a fast fiber-optic scanning endo-microscope with an imaging speed higher than 26 frames/s. In vivo neural dynamics imaging with the high-speed endomicroscope was performed on a freely-behaving mouse over the primary motor cortex that expressed GCaMP6m. The results demonstrate its capability of real-time monitoring of transient neuronal dynamics with very fine temporal resolution.
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- Hyeon-Cheol Park
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Science and Technology Division, Corning Incorporated, Corning, New York 14831, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Zhuo GY, Tsai PL, Wang HY, Chan MC. Wave-vector-encoded nonlinear endomicroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:3713-3716. [PMID: 32630936 DOI: 10.1364/ol.395622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Based on a rigid square fiber for wave vector delivery, we present a novel (to the best of our knowledge) wave-vector-encoded nonlinear-optical endomicroscopy (WENE). WENE overcomes three tangled issues, including femtosecond pulse broadening induced signal degradation, complexity of packaging miniaturized scanners in the distal end, and pixel-like images, which cannot be fully addressed by current distal scanning nonlinear endomicroscopy (NE) or fiber-bundle-based proximal scanning NE. Due to the advantages of its simplicity in overall configuration and package in the distal end, the capability of addressing the issue of pulse broadening, and offering continuous wave vector delivery, the demonstrated WENE shows great promise for future basic research on biomedical processes and minimally invasive utilization for clinical diagnosis.
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Kudlinski A, Cassez A, Vanvincq O, Septier D, Pastre A, Habert R, Baudelle K, Douay M, Mytskaniuk V, Tsvirkun V, Rigneault H, Bouwmans G. Double clad tubular anti-resonant hollow core fiber for nonlinear microendoscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:15062-15070. [PMID: 32403539 DOI: 10.1364/oe.389084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We report the fabrication and characterization of the first double clad tubular anti-resonant hollow core fiber. It allows to deliver ultrashort pulses without temporal nor spectral distortions in the 700-1000 nm wavelength range and to efficiently collect scattered light in a high numerical aperture double clad. The output fiber mode is shaped with a silica microsphere generating a photonic nanojet, making it well suitable for nonlinear microendoscopy application. Additionally, we provide an open access software allowing to find optimal drawing parameters for the fabrication of tubular hollow core fibers.
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Pouli D, Thieu HT, Genega EM, Baecher-Lind L, House M, Bond B, Roncari DM, Evans ML, Rius-Diaz F, Munger K, Georgakoudi I. Label-free, High-Resolution Optical Metabolic Imaging of Human Cervical Precancers Reveals Potential for Intraepithelial Neoplasia Diagnosis. CELL REPORTS MEDICINE 2020; 1. [PMID: 32577625 PMCID: PMC7311071 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2020.100017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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While metabolic changes are considered a cancer hallmark, their assessment has not been incorporated in the detection of early or precancers, when treatment is most effective. Here, we demonstrate that metabolic changes are detected in freshly excised human cervical precancerous tissues using label-free, non-destructive imaging of the entire epithelium. The images rely on two-photon excited fluorescence from two metabolic co-enzymes, NAD(P)H and FAD, and have micron-level resolution, enabling sensitive assessments of the redox ratio and mitochondrial fragmentation, which yield metrics of metabolic function and heterogeneity. Simultaneous characterization of morphological features, such as the depth-dependent variation of the nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio, is demonstrated. Multi-parametric analysis combining several metabolic metrics with morphological ones enhances significantly the diagnostic accuracy of identifying high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. Our results motivate the translation of such functional metabolic imaging to in vivo studies, which may enable improved identification of cervical lesions, and other precancers, at the bedside.
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- Dimitra Pouli
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.,Present address: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA.,Present address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Málaga, 32 Louis Pasteur Boulevard, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA.,Lead Contact
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Tanguy QAA, Gaiffe O, Passilly N, Cote JM, Cabodevila G, Bargiel S, Lutz P, Xie H, Gorecki C. Real-time Lissajous imaging with a low-voltage 2-axis MEMS scanner based on electrothermal actuation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:8512-8527. [PMID: 32225475 DOI: 10.1364/oe.380690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Laser scanning based on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) scanners has become very attractive for biomedical endoscopic imaging, such as confocal microscopy or Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). These scanners are required to be fast to achieve real-time image reconstruction while working at low actuation voltage to comply with medical standards. In this context, we report a 2-axis Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) electrothermal micro-scannercapable of imaging large fields of view at high frame rates, e.g. from 10 to 80 frames per second. For this purpose, Lissajous scan parameters are chosen to provide the optimal image quality within the scanner capabilities and the sampling rate limit, resulting from the limited A-scan rate of typical swept-sources used for OCT. Images of 233 px × 203 px and 53 px × 53 px at 10 fps and 61 fps, respectively, are experimentally obtained and demonstrate the potential of this micro-scannerfor high definition and high frame rate endoscopic Lissajous imaging.
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Zhou G, Lim ZH, Qi Y, Zhou G. Single-Pixel MEMS Imaging Systems. MICROMACHINES 2020; 11:E219. [PMID: 32093324 PMCID: PMC7074650 DOI: 10.3390/mi11020219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Single-pixel imaging technology is an attractive technology considering the increasing demand of imagers that can operate in wavelengths where traditional cameras have limited efficiency. Meanwhile, the miniaturization of imaging systems is also desired to build affordable and portable devices for field applications. Therefore, single-pixel imaging systems based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is an effective solution to develop truly miniaturized imagers, owing to their ability to integrate multiple functionalities within a small device. MEMS-based single-pixel imaging systems have mainly been explored in two research directions, namely the encoding-based approach and the scanning-based approach. The scanning method utilizes a variety of MEMS scanners to scan the target scenery and has potential applications in the biological imaging field. The encoding-based system typically employs MEMS modulators and a single-pixel detector to encode the light intensities of the scenery, and the images are constructed by harvesting the power of computational technology. This has the capability to capture non-visible images and 3D images. Thus, this review discusses the two approaches in detail, and their applications are also reviewed to evaluate the efficiency and advantages in various fields.
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- Guangcan Zhou
- Micro and Nano Systems Initiative, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore; (G.Z.); (Z.H.L.); (Y.Q.)
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- Micro and Nano Systems Initiative, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore; (G.Z.); (Z.H.L.); (Y.Q.)
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- Micro and Nano Systems Initiative, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore; (G.Z.); (Z.H.L.); (Y.Q.)
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- Micro and Nano Systems Initiative, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore; (G.Z.); (Z.H.L.); (Y.Q.)
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