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Imaging of mesoscopic-scale organisms using selective-plane optoacoustic tomography.
Phys. Med. Biol. 54, 2769-2777 (2009)
Mesoscopic-scale living organisms (i.e. 1 mm to 1 cm sized) remain largely inaccessible by current optical imaging methods due to intensive light scattering in tissues. Therefore, imaging of many important model organisms, such as insects, fishes, worms and similarly sized biological specimens, is currently limited to embryonic or other transparent stages of development. This makes it difficult to relate embryonic cellular and molecular mechanisms to consequences in organ function and animal behavior in more advanced stages and adults. Herein, we have developed a selective-plane illumination optoacoustic tomography technique for in vivo imaging of optically diffusive organisms and tissues. The method is capable of whole-body imaging at depths from the sub-millimeter up to centimeter range with a scalable spatial resolution in the order of magnitude of a few tenths of microns. In contrast to pure optical methods, the spatial resolution here is not determined nor limited by light diffusion; therefore, such performance cannot be achieved by any other optical imaging technology developed so far. The utility of the method is demonstrated on several whole-body models and small-animal extremities.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
fluorescence microscopy; drosophila-melanogaster; expression; system; brain
Language
english
Publication Year
2009
HGF-reported in Year
2009
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0031-9155
e-ISSN
1361-6560
Journal
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Quellenangaben
Volume: 54,
Issue: 9,
Pages: 2769-2777
Publisher
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)
Publishing Place
Bristol
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI)
POF-Topic(s)
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Research field(s)
Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP Element(s)
G-505500-001
PubMed ID
19369709
Scopus ID
67649884051
Erfassungsdatum
2009-07-09