Ultrasound imaging of the mouse pancreatic duct using lipid microbubbles

B. Banerjee; K. R. McKeown; B. Skovan; E. Ogram; P. Ingram; N. Ignatenko; G. Paine-Murrieta; R. Witte; T. O. Matsunaga

doi:10.1117/12.902635

24 February 2012 Ultrasound imaging of the mouse pancreatic duct using lipid microbubbles

B. Banerjee, K. R. McKeown, B. Skovan, E. Ogram, P. Ingram, N. Ignatenko, G. Paine-Murrieta, R. Witte, T. O. Matsunaga

Proceedings Volume 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy; 832018 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.902635
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Research requiring the murine pancreatic duct to be imaged is often challenging due to the difficulty in selectively cannulating the pancreatic duct. We have successfully catheterized the pancreatic duct through the common bile duct in severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice and imaged the pancreatic duct with gas filled lipid microbubbles that increase ultrasound imaging sensitivity due to exquisite scattering at the gas/liquid interface. A SCID mouse was euthanized by CO₂, a midline abdominal incision made, the common bile duct cut at its midpoint, a 2 cm, 32 gauge tip catheter was inserted about 1 mm into the duct and tied with suture. The duodenum and pancreas were excised, removed in toto, embedded in agar and an infusion pump was used to instill normal saline or lipid-coated microbubbles (10 million / ml) into the duct. B-mode images before and after infusion of the duct with microbubbles imaged the entire pancreatic duct (~ 1 cm) with high contrast. The microbubbles were cavitated by high mechanical index (HMI) ultrasound for imaging to be repeated. Our technique of catheterization and using lipid microbubbles as a contrast agent may provide an effective, affordable technique of imaging the murine pancreatic duct; cavitation with HMI ultrasound would enable repeated imaging to be performed and clustering of targeted microbubbles to receptors on ductal cells would allow pathology to be localized accurately. This research was supported by the Experimental Mouse Shared Service of the AZ Cancer Center (Grant Number P30CA023074, NIH/NCI and the GI SPORE (NIH/NCI P50 CA95060).

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B. Banerjee, K. R. McKeown, B. Skovan, E. Ogram, P. Ingram, N. Ignatenko, G. Paine-Murrieta, R. Witte, and T. O. Matsunaga "Ultrasound imaging of the mouse pancreatic duct using lipid microbubbles", Proc. SPIE 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy, 832018 (24 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.902635

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