Investigating the correlation between white matter and microvasculature changes in aging using large scale optical coherence tomography and confocal fluorescence imaging combined with tissue sectioning

Alexandre Castonguay; Pramod Avti; Mohammad Moeini; Philippe Pouliot; Maryam S. Tabatabaei; Samuel Bélanger; Frédéric Lesage

doi:10.1117/12.2077830

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2 March 2015 Investigating the correlation between white matter and microvasculature changes in aging using large scale optical coherence tomography and confocal fluorescence imaging combined with tissue sectioning

Alexandre Castonguay, Pramod Avti, Mohammad Moeini, Philippe Pouliot, Maryam S. Tabatabaei, Samuel Bélanger, Frédéric Lesage

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Proceedings Volume 9328, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XIII; 93281M (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077830
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Here, we present a serial OCT/confocal scanner for histological study of the mouse brain. Three axis linear stages combined with a sectioning vibratome allows to cut thru the entire biological tissue and to image every section at a microscopic resolution. After acquisition, each OCT volume and confocal image is re-stitched with adjacent acquisitions to obtain a reconstructed, digital volume of the imaged tissue. This imaging platform was used to investigate correlations between white matter and microvasculature changes in aging mice. Three age groups were used in this study (4, 12, 24 months). At sacrifice, mice were transcardially perfused with a FITC containing gel. The dual imaging capability of the system allowed to reveal different contrast information: OCT imaging reveals changes in refractive indices giving contrast between white and grey matter in the mouse brain, while transcardial perfusion of a FITC shows microsvasculature in the brain with confocal imaging.

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Alexandre Castonguay, Pramod Avti, Mohammad Moeini, Philippe Pouliot, Maryam S. Tabatabaei, Samuel Bélanger, and Frédéric Lesage "Investigating the correlation between white matter and microvasculature changes in aging using large scale optical coherence tomography and confocal fluorescence imaging combined with tissue sectioning", Proc. SPIE 9328, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XIII, 93281M (2 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077830

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