Through-skull fluorescence imaging of the brain in a new near-infrared window
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Hong, Guosong
Diao, Shuo
Chang, Junlei
Antaris, Alexander L.
Chen, Changxin
Zhang, Bo
Zhao, Su
Andreasson, Katrin I.
Kuo, Calvin J.
Dai, Hongjie
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Hong, G., S. Diao, J. Chang, A. L. Antaris, C. Chen, B. Zhang, S. Zhao, et al. 2014. “Through-skull fluorescence imaging of the brain in a new near-infrared window.” Nature photonics 8 (9): 723-730. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2014.166.Abstract
To date, brain imaging has largely relied on X-ray computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography with limited spatial resolution and long scanning times. Fluorescence-based brain imaging in the visible and traditional near-infrared regions (400–900 nm) is an alternative but currently requires craniotomy, cranial windows and skull thinning techniques, and the penetration depth is limited to 1–2 mm due to light scattering. Here, we report through-scalp and through-skull fluorescence imaging of mouse cerebral vasculature without craniotomy utilizing the intrinsic photoluminescence of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the 1.3–1.4 micrometre near-infrared window. Reduced photon scattering in this spectral region allows fluorescence imaging reaching a depth of >2 mm in mouse brain with sub-10 micrometre resolution. An imaging rate of ~5.3 frames/s allows for dynamic recording of blood perfusion in the cerebral vessels with sufficient temporal resolution, providing real-time assessment of blood flow anomaly in a mouse middle cerebral artery occlusion stroke model.Other Sources
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