Spectral imaging reveals microvessel physiology and function from anastomoses to thromboses

Mamta Wankhede; Nikita Agarwal; Rodrigo Fraga-Silva; Casey deDeugd; Mohan Raizada; Suh Paul Oh; Brian S. Sorg

doi:10.1117/1.3316299

1 January 2010 Spectral imaging reveals microvessel physiology and function from anastomoses to thromboses

Mamta Wankhede, Nikita Agarwal, Rodrigo Fraga-Silva, Casey deDeugd, Mohan Raizada, Suh Paul Oh, Brian S. Sorg

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 15, Issue 1, 011111 (January 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3316299

Abstract

Abnormal microvascular physiology and function is common in many diseases. Numerous pathologies include hypervascularity, aberrant angiogenesis, or abnormal vascular remodeling among the characteristic features of the disease, and quantitative imaging and measurement of microvessel function can be important to increase understanding of these diseases. Several optical techniques are useful for direct imaging of microvascular function. Spectral imaging is one such technique that can be used to assess microvascular oxygen transport function with high spatial and temporal resolution in microvessel networks through measurements of hemoglobin saturation. We highlight novel observation made with our intravital microscopy spectral imaging system employed with mouse dorsal skin-fold window chambers for imaging hemoglobin saturation in microvessel networks. Specifically, we image acute oxygenation fluctuations in a tumor microvessel network, the development of arteriovenous malformations in a mouse model of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and the formation of spontaneous and induced microvascular thromboses and occlusions.

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Mamta Wankhede, Nikita Agarwal, Rodrigo Fraga-Silva, Casey deDeugd, Mohan Raizada, Suh Paul Oh, and Brian S. Sorg "Spectral imaging reveals microvessel physiology and function from anastomoses to thromboses," Journal of Biomedical Optics 15(1), 011111 (1 January 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3316299

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