High-resolution micro-OCT for endothelial cell visualization in the coronary arteries
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Kensuke Nishimiya; Osman O. Ahsen; Biwei Yin; Zhonglie Piao; Jiheun Ryu; Hany Osman; Gargi Sharma; Hui Min Leung; Chia-Pin Liang; Joseph A. Gardecki; Guillermo J. Tearney

doi:10.1117/12.2506264

7 March 2019 High-resolution micro-OCT for endothelial cell visualization in the coronary arteries (Conference Presentation)

Kensuke Nishimiya, Osman O. Ahsen, Biwei Yin, Zhonglie Piao, Jiheun Ryu, Hany Osman, Gargi Sharma, Hui Min Leung, Chia-Pin Liang, Joseph A. Gardecki, Guillermo J. Tearney

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Proceedings Volume 10855, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology 2019; 1085502 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506264
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Coronary arteries are covered by a thin layer of endothelial cells (ECs). Impairment of ECs is at the origin of coronary atherosclerosis and its clinical manifestations. However, the study of ECs in humans remains elusive because of a lack of an imaging tool with sufficient resolution. We have developed a light-based 1-µm-resolution microscopic imaging technology termed micro-optical coherence tomography (µOCT) that can be implemented in a coronary catheter. In this study, we investigated the capability of µOCT to visualize EC morphology. We stripped the endothelium from 36 fresh swine coronary segments with cyanoacrylate glue. Histology showed that the stripping procedure successfully removed ECs from the swine coronary arteries. Coronary segments were then imaged in 3D with µOCT, and were processed for histology and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). µOCT images of stripped vs. intact sites were volume rendered in 3D and visually compared. 3D-µOCT allowed visualization of EC pavementing on intact artery surfaces that was strongly correlated to that seen by SEM. EC pavementing disappeared, and surface roughness calculated by computed root mean squared error diminished significantly at the sites with stripped EC compared with intact sites. µOCT was also utilized in human cadaver coronary arteries, showing its capability of identifying EC morphology of human coronary plaque harboring leukocyte adhesion, EC stent strut tissue coverage, and lack of ECs at lesions with necrotic core or superficial nodular calcifications. In conclusion, µOCT enables EC visualization in coronary arteries, suggesting that it could be useful in patients with coronary artery disease to better understand the role of ECs in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease.

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Kensuke Nishimiya, Osman O. Ahsen, Biwei Yin, Zhonglie Piao, Jiheun Ryu, Hany Osman, Gargi Sharma, Hui Min Leung, Chia-Pin Liang, Joseph A. Gardecki, and Guillermo J. Tearney "High-resolution micro-OCT for endothelial cell visualization in the coronary arteries (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10855, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology 2019, 1085502 (7 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506264

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Arteries

Visualization

Image segmentation

Scanning electron microscopy

3D image processing

Coherence (optics)

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