Title
Multimodal optical coherence tomography and fluorescence lifetime imaging with interleaved excitation sources for simultaneous endogenous and exogenous fluorescence
Date Issued
01 September 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Shrestha S.
Serafino M.
Rico-Jimenez J.
Park J.
Chen X.
Zhaorigetu S.
Walton B.
Applegate B.
Texas A and M University
Publisher(s)
OSA - The Optical Society
Abstract
Multimodal imaging probes a variety of tissue properties in a single image acquisition by merging complimentary imaging technologies. Exploiting synergies amongst the data, algorithms can be developed that lead to better tissue characterization than could be accomplished by the constituent imaging modalities taken alone. The combination of optical coherence tomography (OCT) with fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) provides access to detailed tissue morphology and local biochemistry. The optical system described here merges 1310 nm swept-source OCT with time-domain FLIM having excitation at 355 and 532 nm. The pulses from 355 and 532 nm lasers have been interleaved to enabl esimultaneous acquisition of endogenous and exogenous fluorescence signals, respectively. The multimodal imaging system was validated using tissue phantoms. Nonspecific tagging with Alexa Flour 532 in a Watanbe rabbit aorta and active tagging of the LOX-1 receptor in human coronary artery, demonstrate the capacity of the system for simultaneous acquisition of OCT, endogenous FLIM, and exogenous FLIM in tissues.
Start page
3184
End page
3197
Volume
7
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología relacionada con la salud
Radiología, Medicina nuclear, Imágenes médicas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84989876886
Source
Biomedical Optics Express
ISSN of the container
21567085
Sponsor(s)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (1R01HL111361)
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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