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Rai H, Gupta S, Kumar S, Yang J, Singh SK, Ran C, Modi G. Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probes as Imaging and Theranostic Modalities for Amyloid-Beta and Tau Aggregates in Alzheimer's Disease. J Med Chem 2022; 65:8550-8595. [PMID: 35759679 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A person suspected of having Alzheimer's disease (AD) is clinically diagnosed for the presence of principal biomarkers, especially misfolded amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau proteins in the brain regions. Existing radiotracer diagnostic tools, such as PET imaging, are expensive and have limited availability for primary patient screening and pre-clinical animal studies. To change the status quo, small-molecular near-infrared (NIR) probes have been rapidly developed, which may serve as an inexpensive, handy imaging tool to comprehend the dynamics of pathogenic progression in AD and assess therapeutic efficacy in vivo. This Perspective summarizes the biochemistry of Aβ and tau proteins and then focuses on structurally diverse NIR probes with coverages of their spectroscopic properties, binding affinity toward Aβ and tau species, and theranostic effectiveness. With the summarized information and perspective discussions, we hope that this paper may serve as a guiding tool for designing novel in vivo imaging fluoroprobes with theranostic capabilities in the future.
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- Himanshu Rai
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, U.P.-221005, India
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- Molecular Science Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
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- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, U.P.-221005, India
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- Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, U.P.-221005, India
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Wojtkiewicz S, Liebert A. Parallel, multi-purpose Monte Carlo code for simulation of light propagation in segmented tissues. Biocybern Biomed Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbe.2021.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Forcione M, Chiarelli AM, Davies DJ, Perpetuini D, Sawosz P, Merla A, Belli A. Cerebral perfusion and blood-brain barrier assessment in brain trauma using contrast-enhanced near-infrared spectroscopy with indocyanine green: A review. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2020; 40:1586-1598. [PMID: 32345103 PMCID: PMC7370372 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x20921973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Contrast-enhanced near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) with indocyanine green (ICG) can be a valid non-invasive, continuous, bedside neuromonitoring tool. However, its usage in moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients can be unprecise due to their clinical status. This review is targeted at researchers and clinicians involved in the development and application of contrast-enhanced NIRS for the care of TBI patients and can be used to design future studies. This review describes the methods developed to monitor the brain perfusion and the blood-brain barrier integrity using the changes of diffuse reflectance during the ICG passage and the results on studies in animals and humans. The limitations in accuracy of these methods when applied on TBI patients and the proposed solutions to overcome them are discussed. Finally, the analysis of relative parameters is proposed as a valid alternative over absolute values to address some current clinical needs in brain trauma care. In conclusion, care should be taken in the translation of the optical signal into absolute physiological parameters of TBI patients, as their clinical status must be taken into consideration. Discussion on where and how future studies should be directed to effectively incorporate contrast-enhanced NIRS into brain trauma care is given.
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- Mario Forcione
- National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (NIHR-SRMRC), University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.,Neuroscience & Ophthalmology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation & Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Science, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (NIHR-SRMRC), University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.,Neuroscience & Ophthalmology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation & Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Science, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Science, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (NIHR-SRMRC), University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.,Neuroscience & Ophthalmology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation & Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Optical imaging offers a high potential for noninvasive detection and therapy of cancer in humans. Recent advances in instrumentation for diffuse optical imaging have led to new capabilities for the detection of cancer in highly scattering tissue such as the female breast. In particular, fluorescence imaging was made applicable as a sensitive technique to image molecular probes in vivo. We review recent developments in the detection of breast cancer and fluorescence-guided surgery of the breast by contrast agents available for application on humans. Detection of cancer has been investigated with the unspecific contrast agents "indocyanine green" and "omocianine" so far. Hereby, indocyanine green was found to offer high potential for the differentiation of malignant and benign lesions by exploiting vessel permeability for macromolecules as a cancer-specific feature. Tumor-specific molecular targeting and activatable probes have been investigated in clinical trials for fluorescence-guided tumor margin detection. In this application, high spatial resolution can be achieved, since tumor regions are visualized mainly at the tissue surface. As another example of superficial tumor tissue, imaging of lesions in the gastrointestinal tract is discussed. Promising results have been obtained on high-risk patients with Barrett´s esophagus and with ulcerative colitis by administering 5-aminolevulinic acid which induces accumulation of protoporphyrin IX serving as a tumor-specific fluorescent marker. Time-gated fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy are effective ways to suppress underlying background from tissue autofluorescence. Furthermore, recently developed tumor-specific molecular probes have been demonstrated to be superior to white-light endoscopy offering new ways for early detection of malignancies in the gastrointestinal tract.
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Foster CH, Morone PJ, Tomlinson SB, Cohen-Gadol AA. Application of Indocyanine Green During Arteriovenous Malformation Surgery: Evidence, Techniques, and Practical Pearls. Front Surg 2019; 6:70. [PMID: 31921884 PMCID: PMC6917574 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2019.00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Indocyanine green (ICG) is a fluorescent molecule that enables visualization of hemodynamic flow through blood vessels. The first description of its application to the resection of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) did not occur until 2007. Since then, industry leaders have rapidly integrated this optical technology into the intraoperative microscope, and the use of ICG videoangiography (VA) has since become routine in AVM surgery among some academic centers. A number of case series have been published since the introduction of ICG VA to AVM neurosurgery. These early reports with small sample sizes were largely qualitative, assigning to the technology “usefulness” and “benefit” scores as perceived by the operators. This lack of objectivity prompted the development of FLOW 800 software, a proprietary technology of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Oberkochen, Germany) that can quantify relative fluorescence intensity under the microscope to generate color maps and intensity curves for ad hoc and post hoc analyses, respectively. However, subsequent case series have done little to quantify the effect of ICG VA on outcomes. The available literature predominately concludes that ICG VA, although intuitive to deploy and interpret, is limited by its dependence on direct illumination and visualization. The subcortical components of AVMs represent a natural challenge to ICG-based flow analysis, and the scope of ICG VA has therefore been limited to AVMs with a high proportion of superficial angioarchitecture. As a result, digital subtraction angiography has remained the gold standard for confirming AVM obliteration. In this review, we provide an overview of the existing literature on ICG VA in AVM resection surgery. In addition, we describe our own experiences with ICG VA and AVMs and offer the senior author's surgical pearls for optimizing the marriage of fluorescence flow technology and AVM resection surgery.
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- Chase H Foster
- Department of Neurological Surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Department of Neurological Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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Hernandez-Martin E, Marcano F, Modroño-Pascual C, Casanova-González O, Plata-Bello J, González-Mora JL. Is it possible to measure hemodynamic changes in the prefrontal cortex through the frontal sinus using continuous wave DOT systems? BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 10:817-837. [PMID: 30800517 PMCID: PMC6377888 DOI: 10.1364/boe.10.000817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The present work shows the capability of near infrared (NIR) light to reach the cerebral cortex through the frontal sinus using continuous-wave techniques (CW-DOT) in a dual study. On the one hand, changes in time during the tracking of a blood dye in the prefrontal cortex were monitored. On the other hand, hemodynamic changes induced by low frequency of transcranial magnetic stimulation applied on the prefrontal cortex were recorded. The results show how NIR light projected through the frontal sinus reaches the cerebral cortex target, providing enough information to have a reliable measurement of cortical hemodynamic changes using CW-DOT.
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Liu Y, Ghassemi P, Depkon A, Iacono MI, Lin J, Mendoza G, Wang J, Tang Q, Chen Y, Pfefer TJ. Biomimetic 3D-printed neurovascular phantoms for near-infrared fluorescence imaging. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:2810-2824. [PMID: 30258692 PMCID: PMC6154206 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.002810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Revised: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Emerging three-dimensional (3D) printing technology enables the fabrication of optically realistic and morphologically complex tissue-simulating phantoms for the development and evaluation of novel optical imaging products. In this study, we assess the potential to print image-defined neurovascular phantoms with patent channels for contrast-enhanced near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging. An anatomical map defined from clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was segmented and processed into files suitable for printing a forebrain vessel network in rectangular and curved-surface biomimetic phantoms. Methods for effectively cleaning samples with complex vasculature were determined. A final set of phantoms were imaged with a custom NIRF system at 785 nm excitation using two NIRF contrast agents. In addition to demonstrating the strong potential of 3D printing for creating highly realistic, patient-specific biophotonic phantoms, our work provides insight into optimal methods for accomplishing this goal and elucidates current limitations of this approach.
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- Yi Liu
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Authors contributed equally to this work
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Authors contributed equally to this work
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Towards in-vivo assessment of fluorescence lifetime: imaging using time-gated intensified CCD camera. Biocybern Biomed Eng 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbe.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Sawosz P, Wojtkiewicz S, Kacprzak M, Weigl W, Borowska-Solonynko A, Krajewski P, Bejm K, Milej D, Ciszek B, Maniewski R, Liebert A. Human skull translucency: post mortem studies. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 7:5010-5020. [PMID: 28018721 PMCID: PMC5175548 DOI: 10.1364/boe.7.005010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Measurements of optical translucency of human skulls were carried out. An incandescent light source and a CCD camera were used to measure the distribution of light transmitted through the skull in 10 subjects post-mortem. We noticed that intra-individual differences in optical translucency may be up to 100 times but inter-individual translucency differences across the skull reach 105 times. Based on the measurement results, a "theoretical" experiment was simulated. Monte-Carlo calculations were used in order to evaluate the influence of the differences in optical translucency of the skull on results of NIRS measurements. In these calculations a functional stimulation was done, in which the oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin concentrations in the brain cortex change by 5μM and -5μM respectively. The maximal discrepancies between assumed hemoglobin concentration changes and hemoglobin concentration changes estimated with Monte-Carlo simulation may reach 50% depending of the translucency of the skull.
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- P Sawosz
- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Surgical Sciences/Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Uppsala University, Akademiska Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Forensic Medicine Department, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Weigl W, Milej D, Janusek D, Wojtkiewicz S, Sawosz P, Kacprzak M, Gerega A, Maniewski R, Liebert A. Application of optical methods in the monitoring of traumatic brain injury: A review. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2016; 36:1825-1843. [PMID: 27604312 PMCID: PMC5094301 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x16667953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We present an overview of the wide range of potential applications of optical methods for monitoring traumatic brain injury. The MEDLINE database was electronically searched with the following search terms: "traumatic brain injury," "head injury," or "head trauma," and "optical methods," "NIRS," "near-infrared spectroscopy," "cerebral oxygenation," or "cerebral oximetry." Original reports concerning human subjects published from January 1980 to June 2015 in English were analyzed. Fifty-four studies met our inclusion criteria. Optical methods have been tested for detection of intracranial lesions, monitoring brain oxygenation, assessment of brain perfusion, and evaluation of cerebral autoregulation or intracellular metabolic processes in the brain. Some studies have also examined the applicability of optical methods during the recovery phase of traumatic brain injury . The limitations of currently available optical methods and promising directions of future development are described in this review. Considering the outstanding technical challenges, the limited number of patients studied, and the mixed results and opinions gathered from other reviews on this subject, we believe that optical methods must remain primarily research tools for the present. More studies are needed to gain confidence in the use of these techniques for neuromonitoring of traumatic brain injury patients.
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- Wojciech Weigl
- Department of Surgical Sciences/Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Uppsala University, Akademiska Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Molecular Targeted Fluorescence-Guided Intraoperative Imaging of Bladder Cancer Nodal Drainage Using Indocyanine Green During Radical and Partial Cystectomy. Curr Urol Rep 2016; 17:74. [DOI: 10.1007/s11934-016-0633-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Liebert A, Milej D, Weigl W, Gerega A, Kacprzak M, Maniewski R. Fluorescence-based method for assessment of blood-brain barrier disruption. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2015; 2013:3040-2. [PMID: 24110368 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2013.6610181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We report on a fluorescence-based optical method for assessment of blood-brain barrier in humans. The technique is based on monitoring of fluorescence light excited in the dye circulating in the brain. Measurements were carried out in healthy volunteers and in patients with disruption of the blood-brain barrier with the use of time-resolved method during inflow and washout of indocyanine green after its intravenous injection. We show large differences in the fluorescence signals - in healthy subjects a fast washout of the dye can be observed whereas in patients the washout is significantly prolonged. We conclude that the monitoring of the fluorescence signals during injection of exogenous optical contrast agent can be used for the assessment of the condition of blood-brain barrier at the bedside. The technique may be of benefit for diagnosis of the patients suffering from damage of the blood-brain barrier and in monitoring of therapies used in such patients.
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Jiang X, Deng Y, Luo Z, Wang K, Lian L, Yang X, Meglinski I, Luo Q. Evaluation of path-history-based fluorescence Monte Carlo method for photon migration in heterogeneous media. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:31948-31965. [PMID: 25607163 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.031948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The path-history-based fluorescence Monte Carlo method used for fluorescence tomography imaging reconstruction has attracted increasing attention. In this paper, we first validate the standard fluorescence Monte Carlo (sfMC) method by experimenting with a cylindrical phantom. Then, we describe a path-history-based decoupled fluorescence Monte Carlo (dfMC) method, analyze different perturbation fluorescence Monte Carlo (pfMC) methods, and compare the calculation accuracy and computational efficiency of the dfMC and pfMC methods using the sfMC method as a reference. The results show that the dfMC method is more accurate and efficient than the pfMC method in heterogeneous medium.
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Toczylowska B, Zieminska E, Goch G, Milej D, Gerega A, Liebert A. Neurotoxic effects of indocyanine green -cerebellar granule cell culture viability study. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 5:800-16. [PMID: 24688815 PMCID: PMC3959834 DOI: 10.1364/boe.5.000800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 02/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to examine neurotoxicity indocyanine green (ICG). We assessed viability of primary cerebellar granule cell culture (CGC) exposed to ICG to test two mechanisms that could be the first triggers causing neuronal toxicity: imbalance in calcium homeostasis and the degree of oligomerization of ICG molecules. We have observed this imbalance in CGC after exposure to 75-125μΜ ICG and dose and application sequence dependent protective effect of Gadovist on surviving neurons in vitro when used with ICG. Spectroscopic studies suggest the major cause of toxicity of the ICG is connected with oligomers formation. ICG at concentration of 25 μM (which is about 4 times higher than the highest concentration of ICG in the brain applied in in-vivo human studies) is not neurotoxic in the cell culture.
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- Beata Toczylowska
- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, 4 Trojdena Str. 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5A Pawinskiego Str., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawinskiego Str., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5A Pawinskiego Str., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, 4 Trojdena Str. 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, 4 Trojdena Str. 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, 4 Trojdena Str. 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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Milej D, Gerega A, Wabnitz H, Liebert A. A Monte Carlo study of fluorescence generation probability in a two-layered tissue model. Phys Med Biol 2014; 59:1407-24. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/6/1407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Torricelli A, Contini D, Pifferi A, Caffini M, Re R, Zucchelli L, Spinelli L. Time domain functional NIRS imaging for human brain mapping. Neuroimage 2014; 85 Pt 1:28-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 294] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Piper SK, Habermehl C, Schmitz CH, Kuebler WM, Obrig H, Steinbrink J, Mehnert J. Towards whole-body fluorescence imaging in humans. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83749. [PMID: 24391820 PMCID: PMC3877082 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Dynamic near-infrared fluorescence (DNIF) whole-body imaging of small animals has become a popular tool in experimental biomedical research. In humans, however, the field of view has been limited to body parts, such as rheumatoid hands, diabetic feet or sentinel lymph nodes. Here we present a new whole-body DNIF-system suitable for adult subjects. We explored whether this system (i) allows dynamic whole-body fluorescence imaging and (ii) can detect modulations in skin perfusion. The non-specific fluorescent probe indocyanine green (ICG) was injected intravenously into two subjects, and fluorescence images were obtained at 5 Hz. The in- and out-flow kinetics of ICG have been shown to correlate with tissue perfusion. To validate the system, skin perfusion was modulated by warming and cooling distinct areas on the chest and the abdomen. Movies of fluorescence images show a bolus passage first in the face, then in the chest, abdomen and finally in the periphery (~10, 15, 20 and 30 seconds, respectively). When skin perfusion is augmented by warming, bolus arrives about 5 seconds earlier than when the skin is cooled and perfusion decreased. Calculating bolus arrival times and spatial fitting of basis time courses extracted from different regions of interest allowed a mapping of local differences in subcutaneous skin perfusion. This experiment is the first to demonstrate the feasibility of whole-body dynamic fluorescence imaging in humans. Since the whole-body approach demonstrates sensitivity to circumscribed alterations in skinperfusion, it may be used to target autonomous changes in polyneuropathy and to screen for peripheral vascular diseases.
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- Sophie K. Piper
- Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Machine Learning Department, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Stroke Research, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Machine Learning Department, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Stroke Research, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- NIRx Medizintechnik, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Clinic for Cognitive Neurology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Stroke Research, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Machine Learning Department, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Stroke Research, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Milej D, Kruczkowski M, Gerega A, Sawosz P, Maniewski R, Liebert A. An algorithm for assessment of inflow and washout of optical contrast agent to the brain by analysis of time-resolved diffuse reflectance and fluorescence signals. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2013; 2013:1919-22. [PMID: 24110088 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2013.6609901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In optical measurements of the brain oxygenation and perfusion the problem of contamination of the signals with the components related to the extracerebral tissues remains an obstacle limiting clinical applicability of the technique. In this paper we present an algorithm allowing for derivation of signals related to the changes in absorption in the intracerebral tissues based on analysis of time-resolved diffuse reflectance and fluorescence. The proposed method was validated in series of Monte Carlo simulations in which inflow and washout of an optical contrast agent into the two-layered human head model was considered. It was shown that the decomposed intracerebral component of the signal can be derived with uncertainty of about 5%. This result suggests that the method proposed can be applied in improved estimation of brain perfusion parameters based on the bolus-tracking technique.
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Re R, Contini D, Turola M, Spinelli L, Zucchelli L, Caffini M, Cubeddu R, Torricelli A. Multi-channel medical device for time domain functional near infrared spectroscopy based on wavelength space multiplexing. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 4:2231-46. [PMID: 24156079 PMCID: PMC3799681 DOI: 10.1364/boe.4.002231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We have designed a compact dual wavelength (687 nm, 826 nm) multi-channel (16 sources, 8 detectors) medical device for muscle and brain imaging based on time domain functional near infrared spectroscopy. The system employs the wavelength space multiplexing approach to reduce wavelength cross-talk and increase signal-to-noise ratio. System performances have been tested on homogeneous and heterogeneous tissue phantoms following specifically designed protocols for photon migration instruments. Preliminary in vivo measurements have been performed to validate the instrument capability to monitor hemodynamic parameters changes in the arm muscle during arterial occlusion and in the adult head during a motor task experiment.
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- Rebecca Re
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Optometry and Visual Sciences, City University London, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB London, UK
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Via Golgi 39, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Weigl W, Milej D, Gerega A, Toczylowska B, Kacprzak M, Sawosz P, Botwicz M, Maniewski R, Mayzner-Zawadzka E, Liebert A. Assessment of cerebral perfusion in post-traumatic brain injury patients with the use of ICG-bolus tracking method. Neuroimage 2013; 85 Pt 1:555-65. [PMID: 23831529 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Revised: 06/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to verify the usefulness of the time-resolved optical method utilizing diffusely reflected photons and fluorescence signals combined with intravenous injection of indocyanine green (ICG) in the assessment of brain perfusion in post-traumatic brain injury patients. The distributions of times of flight (DTOFs) of diffusely reflected photons were acquired together with the distributions of times of arrival (DTAs) of fluorescence photons. The data analysis methodology was based on the observation of delays between the signals of statistical moments (number of photons, mean time of flight and variance) of DTOFs and DTAs related to the inflow of ICG to the extra- and intracerebral tissue compartments. Eleven patients with brain hematoma, 15 patients with brain edema and a group of 9 healthy subjects were included in this study. Statistically significant differences between parameters obtained in healthy subjects and patients with brain hematoma and brain edema were observed. The best optical parameter to differentiate patients and control group was variance of the DTOFs or DTAs. Results of the study suggest that time-resolved optical monitoring of inflow of the ICG seems to be a promising tool for detecting cerebral perfusion insufficiencies in critically ill patients.
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- W Weigl
- Medical University of Warsaw, I Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Warsaw, Poland; Warsaw Praski Hospital, Department of Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Warsaw, Poland.
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Das DK, Makhal K, Singhal S, Goswami D. Polarization induced control of multiple fluorescence from a molecule. Chem Phys Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Obrig H. NIRS in clinical neurology - a 'promising' tool? Neuroimage 2013; 85 Pt 1:535-46. [PMID: 23558099 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has become a relevant research tool in neuroscience. In special populations such as infants and for special tasks such as walking, NIRS has asserted itself as a low resolution functional imaging technique which profits from its ease of application, portability and the option to co-register other neurophysiological and behavioral data in a 'near natural' environment. For clinical use in neurology this translates into the option to provide a bed-side oximeter for the brain, broadly available at comparatively low costs. However, while some potential for routine brain monitoring during cardiac and vascular surgery and in neonatology has been established, NIRS is largely unknown to clinical neurologists. The article discusses some of the reasons for this lack of use in clinical neurology. Research using NIRS in three major neurologic diseases (cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy and headache) is reviewed. Additionally the potential to exploit the established position of NIRS as a functional imaging tool with regard to clinical questions such as preoperative functional assessment and neurorehabilitation is discussed.
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- Hellmuth Obrig
- Clinic for Cognitive Neurology, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany; Dept. Neurology, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Piao D, Zhang A, Xu G. Photon diffusion in a homogeneous medium bounded externally or internally by an infinitely long circular cylindrical applicator. V. Steady-state fluorescence. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2013; 30:791-805. [PMID: 23595341 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.30.000791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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As Part V in our series, this paper examines steady-state fluorescence photon diffusion in a homogenous medium that contains a homogenous distribution of fluorophores, and is enclosed by a "concave" circular cylindrical applicator or is enclosing a "convex" circular cylindrical applicator, both geometries being infinite in the longitudinal dimension. The aim is to predict by analytics and examine with the finite-element method the changing characteristics of the fluorescence-wavelength photon-fluence rate and the ratio (sometimes called the Born ratio) of it versus the excitation-wavelength photon-fluence rate, with respect to the source-detector distance. The analysis is performed for a source and a detector located on the medium-applicator interface and aligned either azimuthally or longitudinally in both concave and convex geometries. When compared to its steady-state counterparts on a semi-infinite medium-applicator interface with the same line-of-sight source-detector distance, the fluorescence-wavelength photon-fluence rate reduces faster along the longitudinal direction and slower along the azimuthal direction in the concave geometry, and conversely in the convex geometry. However, the Born ratio increases slower in both azimuthal and longitudinal directions in the concave geometry and faster in both directions in the convex geometry, respectively, when compared to that in the semi-infinite geometry.
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- Daqing Piao
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA.
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Elliott JT, Milej D, Gerega A, Weigl W, Diop M, Morrison LB, Lee TY, Liebert A, St. Lawrence K. Variance of time-of-flight distribution is sensitive to cerebral blood flow as demonstrated by ICG bolus-tracking measurements in adult pigs. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 4:206-18. [PMID: 23413183 PMCID: PMC3567707 DOI: 10.1364/boe.4.000206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Variance of time-of-flight distributions have been shown to be more sensitive to cerebral blood flow (CBF) during dynamic-contrast enhanced monitoring of neurotrauma patients than attenuation. What is unknown is the degree to which variance is affected by changes in extracerebral blood flow. Furthermore, the importance of acquiring the arterial input function (AIF) on quantitative analysis of the data is not yet clear. This animal study confirms that variance is both sensitive and specific to changes occurring in the brain when measurements are acquired on the surface of the scalp. Furthermore, when the variance data along with the measured AIF is analyzed using a nonparametric deconvolution method, the recovered change in CBF is in good agreement with CT perfusion values.
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- Jonathan T. Elliott
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, N6A 4V2, Canada
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Trojdena 4, 02-109, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Trojdena 4, 02-109, Warsaw, Poland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, W. Lindleya 4, 02-005 Warsaw, Poland
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- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, N6A 4V2, Canada
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- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, N6A 4V2, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, N6A 4V2, Canada
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- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Trojdena 4, 02-109, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, N6A 4V2, Canada
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Non-invasive optical imaging techniques, such as fluorescence imaging (FI) or bioluminescence imaging (BLI) have emerged as important tools in biomedical research. As demonstrated in different animal disease models, they enable visualization of physiological and pathophysiological processes at the cellular and molecular level in vivo with high specificity. Optical techniques are easy to use, fast, and affordable. Furthermore, they are characterized by their high sensitivity. In FI, very low amounts of the imaging agent (nano- to femtomol or even less) can be detected. Due to the absorption and scattering of light in tissue, optical techniques exhibit a comparably low spatial resolution in the millimeter range and a depth limit of a few centimeters. However, non-invasive imaging of biological processes in small animals and in outer or inner surfaces as well as during surgery even in humans is feasible. Currently two agents for fluorescence imaging are clinically approved, namely indocyanine green (ICG) and 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA). In the past years, a number of new optical imaging agents for FI and reporter systems for BLI have been developed and successfully tested in animal models. Some of the FI agents might promise the application in clinical oncology. In this chapter, we describe the basic principles of non-invasive optical imaging techniques, give examples for the visualization of biological processes in animal models of cancer, and discuss potential clinical applications in oncology.
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Ku T, Choi C. Noninvasive optical measurement of cerebral blood flow in mice using molecular dynamics analysis of indocyanine green. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48383. [PMID: 23119000 PMCID: PMC3485229 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In preclinical studies of ischemic brain disorders, it is crucial to measure cerebral blood flow (CBF); however, this requires radiological techniques with heavy instrumentation or invasive procedures. Here, we propose a noninvasive and easy-to-use optical imaging technique for measuring CBF in experimental small animals. Mice were injected with indocyanine green (ICG) via tail-vein catheterization. Time-series near-infrared fluorescence signals excited by 760 nm light-emitting diodes were imaged overhead by a charge-coupled device coupled with an 830 nm bandpass-filter. We calculated four CBF parameters including arrival time, rising time and mean transit time of a bolus and blood flow index based on time and intensity information of ICG fluorescence dynamics. CBF maps were generated using the parameters to estimate the status of CBF, and they dominantly represented intracerebral blood flows in mice even in the presence of an intact skull and scalp. We demonstrated that this noninvasive optical imaging technique successfully detected reduced local CBF during middle cerebral artery occlusion. We further showed that the proposed method is sufficiently sensitive to detect the differences between CBF status in mice anesthetized with either isoflurane or ketamine–xylazine, and monitor the dynamic changes in CBF after reperfusion during transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. The near-infrared optical imaging of ICG fluorescence combined with a time-series analysis of the molecular dynamics can be a useful noninvasive tool for preclinical studies of brain ischemia.
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- Taeyun Ku
- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Milej D, Gerega A, Żołek N, Weigl W, Kacprzak M, Sawosz P, Mączewska J, Fronczewska K, Mayzner-Zawadzka E, Królicki L, Maniewski R, Liebert A. Time-resolved detection of fluorescent light during inflow of ICG to the brain—a methodological study. Phys Med Biol 2012; 57:6725-42. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/20/6725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gerega A, Milej D, Weigl W, Botwicz M, Zolek N, Kacprzak M, Wierzejski W, Toczylowska B, Mayzner-Zawadzka E, Maniewski R, Liebert A. Multiwavelength time-resolved detection of fluorescence during the inflow of indocyanine green into the adult's brain. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:087001. [PMID: 23224200 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.8.087001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Optical technique based on diffuse reflectance measurement combined with indocyanine green (ICG) bolus tracking is extensively tested as a method for clinical assessment of brain perfusion in adults at the bedside. Methodology of multiwavelength and time-resolved detection of fluorescence light excited in the ICG is presented and advantages of measurements at multiple wavelengths are discussed. Measurements were carried out: 1. on a physical homogeneous phantom to study the concentration dependence of the fluorescence signal, 2. on the phantom to simulate the dynamic inflow of ICG at different depths, and 3. in vivo on surface of the human head. Pattern of inflow and washout of ICG in the head of healthy volunteers after intravenous injection of the dye was observed for the first time with time-resolved instrumentation at multiple emission wavelengths. The multiwavelength detection of fluorescence signal confirms that at longer emission wavelengths, probability of reabsorption of the fluorescence light by the dye itself is reduced. Considering different light penetration depths at different wavelengths, and the pronounced reabsorption at longer wavelengths, the time-resolved multiwavelength technique may be useful in signal decomposition, leading to evaluation of extra- and intracerebral components of the measured signals.
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- Anna Gerega
- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering Polish Academy of Sciences, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.
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Jelzow A, Wabnitz H, Obrig H, Macdonald R, Steinbrink J. Separation of indocyanine green boluses in the human brain and scalp based on time-resolved in-vivo fluorescence measurements. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:057003. [PMID: 22612142 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.5.057003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Non-invasive detection of fluorescence from the optical tracer indocyanine green is feasible in the adult human brain when employing a time-domain technique with picosecond resolution. A fluorescence-based assessment may offer higher signal-to-noise ratio when compared to bolus tracking relying on changes in time-resolved diffuse reflectance. The essential challenge is to discriminate the fluorescence originating from the brain from contamination by extracerebral fluorescence and hence to reconstruct the bolus kinetics; however, a method to reliably perform the necessary separation is missing. We present a novel approach for the decomposition of the fluorescence contributions from the two tissue compartments. The corresponding sensitivity functions pertaining to the brain and to the extracerebral compartment are directly derived from the in-vivo measurement. This is achieved by assuming that during the initial and the late phase of bolus transit the fluorescence signal originates largely from one of the compartments. Solving the system of linear equations allows one to approximate time courses of a bolus for each compartment. We applied this method to repetitive measurements on two healthy subjects with an overall 34 boluses. A reconstruction of the bolus kinetics was possible in 62% of all cases.
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- Alexander Jelzow
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Abbestrasse 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany
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Near-Infrared Fluorescent Nanoprobes for in Vivo Optical Imaging. NANOMATERIALS 2012; 2:92-112. [PMID: 28348298 PMCID: PMC5327900 DOI: 10.3390/nano2020092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Revised: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes offer advantages of high photon penetration, reduced light scattering and minimal autofluorescence from living tissues, rendering them valuable for noninvasive mapping of molecular events, assessment of therapeutic efficacy, and monitoring of disease progression in animal models. This review provides an overview of the recent development of the design and optical property of the different classes of NIR fluorescent nanoprobes associated with in vivo imaging applications.
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Martelli F, Del Bianco S, Di Ninni P. Perturbative forward solver software for small localized fluorophores in tissue. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 3:26-36. [PMID: 22254165 PMCID: PMC3255339 DOI: 10.1364/boe.3.000026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this paper a forward solver software for the time domain and the CW domain based on the Born approximation for simulating the effect of small localized fluorophores embedded in a non-fluorescent biological tissue is proposed. The fluorescence emission is treated with a mathematical model that describes the migration of photons from the source to the fluorophore and of emitted fluorescent photons from the fluorophore to the detector for all those geometries for which Green's functions are available. Subroutines written in FORTRAN that can be used for calculating the fluorescent signal for the infinite medium and for the slab are provided with a linked file. With these subroutines, quantities such as reflectance, transmittance, and fluence rate can be calculated.
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- F Martelli
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Universit`a degli Studi di Firenze,Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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Obrig H, Steinbrink J. Non-invasive optical imaging of stroke. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2011; 369:4470-94. [PMID: 22006902 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The acute onset of a neurological deficit is the key clinical feature of stroke. In most cases, however, pathophysiological changes in the cerebral vasculature precede the event, often by many years. Persisting neurological deficits may also require long-term rehabilitation. Hence, stroke may be considered a chronic disease, and diagnostic and therapeutic efforts must include identification of specific risk factors, and the monitoring of and interventions in the acute and subacute stages, and should aim at a pathophysiologically based approach to optimize the rehabilitative effort. Non-invasive optical techniques have been experimentally used in all three stages of the disease and may complement the established diagnostic and monitoring tools. Here, we provide an overview of studies using the methodology in the context of stroke, and we sketch perspectives of how they may be integrated into the assessment of the highly dynamic pathophysiological processes during the acute and subacute stages of the disease and also during rehabilitation and (secondary) prevention of stroke.
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- Hellmuth Obrig
- Department of Cognitive Neurology, University Hospital Leipzig, Liebigstraße 16, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Kawabori M, Kuroda S, Sugiyama T, Ito M, Shichinohe H, Houkin K, Kuge Y, Tamaki N. Intracerebral, but not intravenous, transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells enhances functional recovery in rat cerebral infarct: An optical imaging study. Neuropathology 2011; 32:217-26. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01260.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Habermehl C, Schmitz CH, Steinbrink J. Contrast enhanced high-resolution diffuse optical tomography of the human brain using ICG. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:18636-44. [PMID: 21935232 PMCID: PMC3482886 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.018636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Non-invasive diffuse optical tomography (DOT) of the adult brain has recently been shown to improve the spatial resolution for functional brain imaging applications. Here we show that high-resolution (HR) DOT is also advantageous for clinical perfusion imaging using an optical contrast agent. We present the first HR-DOT results with a continuous wave near infrared spectroscopy setup using a dense grid of optical fibers and indocyanine green (ICG) as an exogenic contrast agent. We find an early arrival of the ICG bolus in the intracerebral tissue and a delayed arrival of the bolus in the extracerebral tissue, achieving the separation of both layers. This demonstrates the method's potential for brain perfusion monitoring in neurointensive care patients.
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- Christina Habermehl
- Berlin NeuroImaging Center, Charité University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Berlin, Germany.
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Ducros N, D’Andrea C, Bassi A, Peyrin F. Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography: Time-resolved versus continuous-wave in the reflectance configuration. Ing Rech Biomed 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Pan H, Epstein J, Silbersweig DA, Stern E. New and emerging imaging techniques for mapping brain circuitry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 67:226-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2011.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Gerega A, Zolek N, Soltysinski T, Milej D, Sawosz P, Toczylowska B, Liebert A. Wavelength-resolved measurements of fluorescence lifetime of indocyanine green. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2011; 16:067010. [PMID: 21721831 DOI: 10.1117/1.3593386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We study fluorescence lifetime of indocyanine green (ICG) using femtosecond laser and sensitive detection based on time-correlated single-photon counting. A time-resolved multichannel spectral system is constructed and applied for determination of the fluorescence lifetime of the ICG in different solvents. Emission properties of ICG in water, milk, and 1% intralipid solution are investigated. Fluorescence of the fluorophore of different concentrations (in a range of 1.7-160 μM) dissolved in different solutions is excited by femtosecond pulses generated with the use of Ti:Sa laser tuned within the range of 740-790 nm. It is observed that fluorescence lifetime of ICG in water is 0.166 ± 0.02 ns and does not depend on excitation and emission wavelengths. We also show that for the diffusely scattering solvents (milk and intralipid), the lifetime may depend on the dye concentration (especially for large concentrations of ICG). This effect should be taken into account when analyzing changes in the mean time of arrival of fluorescence photons excited in ICG dissolved in such optically turbid media.
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- Anna Gerega
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.
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Hadjipanayis CG, Jiang H, Roberts DW, Yang L. Current and future clinical applications for optical imaging of cancer: from intraoperative surgical guidance to cancer screening. Semin Oncol 2011; 38:109-18. [PMID: 21362519 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2010.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Optical imaging is an inexpensive, fast, and sensitive imaging approach for the noninvasive detection of human cancers in locations that are accessible by an optical imaging device. Light is used to probe cellular and molecular function in the context of cancer in the living body. Recent advances in the development of optical instrumentation make it possible to detect optical signals produced at a tissue depth of several centimeters. The optical signals can be endogenous contrasts that capture the heterogeneity and biological status of different tissues, including tumors, or extrinsic optical contrasts that selectively accumulate in tumors to be imaged after local or systemic delivery. The use of optical imaging is now being applied in the clinic and operating room for the localization and resection of malignant tumors in addition to screening for cancer.
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- Costas G Hadjipanayis
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Sugiyama T, Kuroda S, Osanai T, Shichinohe H, Kuge Y, Ito M, Kawabori M, Iwasaki Y. Near-Infrared Fluorescence Labeling Allows Noninvasive Tracking of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Transplanted Into Rat Infarct Brain. Neurosurgery 2011; 68:1036-47; discussion 1047. [DOI: 10.1227/neu.0b013e318208f891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Taku Sugiyama
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Tracer Kinetics and Bioanalysis, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Liebert A, Sawosz P, Milej D, Kacprzak M, Weigl W, Botwicz M, Maczewska J, Fronczewska K, Mayzner-Zawadzka E, Królicki L, Maniewski R. Assessment of inflow and washout of indocyanine green in the adult human brain by monitoring of diffuse reflectance at large source-detector separation. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2011; 16:046011. [PMID: 21529080 DOI: 10.1117/1.3574018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Recently, it was shown in measurements carried out on humans that time-resolved near-infrared reflectometry and fluorescence spectroscopy may allow for discrimination of information originating directly from the brain avoiding influence of contaminating signals related to the perfusion of extracerebral tissues. We report on continuation of these studies, showing that the near-infrared light can be detected noninvasively on the surface of the tissue at large interoptode distance. A multichannel time-resolved optical monitoring system was constructed for measurements of diffuse reflectance in optically turbid medium at very large source-detector separation up to 9 cm. The instrument was applied during intravenous injection of indocyanine green and the distributions of times of flight of photons were successfully acquired showing inflow and washout of the dye in the tissue. Time courses of the statistical moments of distributions of times of flight of photons are presented and compared to the results obtained simultaneously at shorter source-detector separations (3, 4, and 5 cm). We show in a series of experiments carried out on physical phantom and healthy volunteers that the time-resolved data acquisition in combination with very large source-detector separation may allow one to improve depth selectivity of perfusion assessment in the brain.
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- Adam Liebert
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.
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Steinkellner O, Gruber C, Wabnitz H, Jelzow A, Steinbrink J, Fiebach JB, Macdonald R, Obrig H. Optical bedside monitoring of cerebral perfusion: technological and methodological advances applied in a study on acute ischemic stroke. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:061708. [PMID: 21198156 DOI: 10.1117/1.3505009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We present results of a clinical study on bedside perfusion monitoring of the human brain by optical bolus tracking. We measure the kinetics of the contrast agent indocyanine green using time-domain near-IR spectroscopy (tdNIRS) in 10 patients suffering from acute unilateral ischemic stroke. In all patients, a delay of the bolus over the affected when compared to the unaffected hemisphere is found (mean: 1.5 s, range: 0.2 s to 5.2 s). A portable time-domain near-IR reflectometer is optimized and approved for clinical studies. Data analysis based on statistical moments of time-of-flight distributions of diffusely reflected photons enables high sensitivity to intracerebral changes in bolus kinetics. Since the second centralized moment, variance, is preferentially sensitive to deep absorption changes, it provides a suitable representation of the cerebral signals relevant for perfusion monitoring in stroke. We show that variance-based bolus tracking is also less susceptible to motion artifacts, which often occur in severely affected patients. We present data that clearly manifest the applicability of the tdNIRS approach to assess cerebral perfusion in acute stroke patients at the bedside. This may be of high relevance to its introduction as a monitoring tool on stroke units.
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- Oliver Steinkellner
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestr. 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
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Elliott JT, Diop M, Tichauer KM, Lee TY, St Lawrence K. Quantitative measurement of cerebral blood flow in a juvenile porcine model by depth-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:037014. [PMID: 20615043 DOI: 10.1117/1.3449579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Nearly half a million children and young adults are affected by traumatic brain injury each year in the United States. Although adequate cerebral blood flow (CBF) is essential to recovery, complications that disrupt blood flow to the brain and exacerbate neurological injury often go undetected because no adequate bedside measure of CBF exists. In this study we validate a depth-resolved, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technique that provides quantitative CBF measurement despite significant signal contamination from skull and scalp tissue. The respiration rates of eight anesthetized pigs (weight: 16.2+/-0.5 kg, age: 1 to 2 months old) are modulated to achieve a range of CBF levels. Concomitant CBF measurements are performed with NIRS and CT perfusion. A significant correlation between CBF measurements from the two techniques is demonstrated (r(2)=0.714, slope=0.92, p<0.001), and the bias between the two techniques is -2.83 mL min(-1)100 g(-1) (CI(0.95): -19.63 mL min(-1)100 g(-1)-13.9 mL min(-1)100 g(-1)). This study demonstrates that accurate measurements of CBF can be achieved with depth-resolved NIRS despite significant signal contamination from scalp and skull. The ability to measure CBF at the bedside provides a means of detecting, and thereby preventing, secondary ischemia during neurointensive care.
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- Jonathan T Elliott
- University of Western Ontario, Department of Medical Biophysics, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada.
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Near-infrared fluorescence imaging with fluorescently labeled albumin: A novel method for non-invasive optical imaging of blood–brain barrier impairment after focal cerebral ischemia in mice. J Neurosci Methods 2009; 180:126-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2008] [Revised: 03/03/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The rapid advancement of neuroimaging methodology and its growing availability has transformed neuroscience research. The answers to many questions that we ask about how the brain is organized depend on the quality of data that we are able to obtain about the locations, dynamics, fluctuations, magnitudes, and types of brain activity and structural changes. In this review an attempt is made to take a snapshot of the cutting edge of a small component of the very rapidly evolving field of neuroimaging. For each area covered, a brief context is provided along with a summary of a few of the current developments and issues. Then, several outstanding papers, published in the past year or so, are described, providing an example of the directions in which each area is progressing. The areas covered include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), voxel-based morphometry (VBM), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), optical imaging, and positron emission tomography (PET). More detail is included on fMRI; its subsections include fMRI interpretation, new fMRI contrasts, MRI technology, MRI paradigms and processing, and endogenous oscillations in fMRI.
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- Peter A Bandettini
- Section on Functional Imaging Methods & Functional MRI Core Facility, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA.
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Klohs J, Wunder A, Licha K. Near-infrared fluorescent probes for imaging vascular pathophysiology. Basic Res Cardiol 2009; 103:144-51. [PMID: 18324370 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-008-0702-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Light in the near-infrared (NIR) region between 700-900 nm can penetrate deep into living tissue, thereby offering a unique opportunity to use near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging techniques to detect and visualize fluorescent probes in-vivo. In the past few years, many novel NIR fluorescent probes have been designed, synthesized and studied in a variety of disease conditions. Recent research has focused primarily on the class of cyanines dyes as non-specific agents and as part of specific NIR fluorescent probes. The publications reviewed herein discuss the characteristics of cyanine dyes and their conjugates and present examples for the application of these probes for imaging vascular pathophysiology.
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- Jan Klohs
- Dept. of Experimental Neurology, Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB), Charité - University Medicine, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
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Albelda MT, García-España E, Frías JC. Imaging atoms in medicine. Biometals 2008; 22:393-9. [PMID: 19048189 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-008-9181-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Accepted: 11/14/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The innovations in science and technology have allowed researchers to look inside the human body. In some cases, like MRI, the protons present in the body generate enough signal for an image. However, the employ of certain atoms, metallic or non-metallic, enable detection through different imaging techniques (computed tomography, nuclear imaging, ultrasound or optical imaging), and improve the quality of the images. Here we discuss the different imaging atoms used depending on the imaging technique and the new possible imaging atoms for medical applications.
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- M Teresa Albelda
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular ICMOL, Universidad de Valencia, Edificio de Institutos de Paterna, Apartado de Correos 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
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Wunder A, Klohs J, Dirnagl U. Non-invasive visualization of CNS inflammation with nuclear and optical imaging. Neuroscience 2008; 158:1161-73. [PMID: 18983900 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2008] [Revised: 10/01/2008] [Accepted: 10/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Inflammation is crucially involved in many diseases of the CNS. Immune cells may attack the CNS, as in multiple sclerosis, and therefore be responsible for primary damage. Immune cells may also be activated by injury to the CNS, as for example in stroke or brain trauma, secondarily enhancing lesion growth. In general, CNS inflammation involves a complex interplay of pro- and anti-inflammatory cells and molecules. The blood-brain barrier loses its integrity, plasma proteins leak into the CNS parenchyma, followed by invasion of blood-borne immune cells, and activation of resident microglial cells and astrocytes. However, inflammation not only exacerbates CNS disease, it is also indispensable in containment and resolution of tissue damage, as well as repair and regeneration. The time course and the contribution of inflammatory processes to the pathophysiology of the disease depend on several factors including the type of injury and the time point after injury, and can exhibit a high individual variability. Imaging technologies that enable specific visualization of these inflammatory processes non-invasively are therefore highly desirable. They provide powerful tools to further evaluate the contribution of specific processes to the pathophysiology of CNS disease. Moreover, these technologies may be valuable in detecting and assessing disease progression, in stratifying patients for therapy, and in monitoring therapy. Among the existing non-invasive imaging methods to visualize neuroinflammation in the CNS, we here review the current status of nuclear and optical imaging techniques, with particular emphasis on the sensitivity, specificity, as well as the limitations of these approaches.
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- A Wunder
- Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB), Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Liebert A, Wabnitz H, Zołek N, Macdonald R. Monte Carlo algorithm for efficient simulation of time-resolved fluorescence in layered turbid media. OPTICS EXPRESS 2008; 16:13188-202. [PMID: 18711557 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.013188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We present an efficient Monte Carlo algorithm for simulation of time-resolved fluorescence in a layered turbid medium. It is based on the propagation of excitation and fluorescence photon bundles and the assumption of equal reduced scattering coefficients at the excitation and emission wavelengths. In addition to distributions of times of arrival of fluorescence photons at the detector, 3-D spatial generation probabilities were calculated. The algorithm was validated by comparison with the analytical solution of the diffusion equation for time-resolved fluorescence from a homogeneous semi-infinite turbid medium. It was applied to a two-layered model mimicking intra- and extracerebral compartments of the adult human head.
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- A Liebert
- Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.
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Klohs J, Gräfe M, Graf K, Steinbrink J, Dietrich T, Stibenz D, Bahmani P, Kronenberg G, Harms C, Endres M, Lindauer U, Greger K, Stelzer EHK, Dirnagl U, Wunder A. In vivo imaging of the inflammatory receptor CD40 after cerebral ischemia using a fluorescent antibody. Stroke 2008; 39:2845-52. [PMID: 18635859 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.107.509844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Brain inflammation is a hallmark of stroke, where it has been implicated in tissue damage as well as in repair. Imaging technologies that specifically visualize these processes are highly desirable. In this study, we explored whether the inflammatory receptor CD40 can be noninvasively and specifically visualized in mice after cerebral ischemia using a fluorescent monoclonal antibody, which we labeled with the near-infrared fluorescence dye Cy5.5 (Cy5.5-CD40MAb). METHODS Wild-type and CD40-deficient mice were subjected to transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. Mice were either intravenously injected with Cy5.5-CD40MAb or control Cy5.5-IgGMAb. Noninvasive and ex vivo near-infrared fluorescence imaging was performed after injection of the compounds. Probe distribution and specificity was further assessed with single-plane illumination microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and confocal microscopy. RESULTS Significantly higher fluorescence intensities over the stroke-affected hemisphere, compared to the contralateral side, were only detected noninvasively in wild-type mice that received Cy5.5-CD40MAb, but not in CD40-deficient mice injected with Cy5.5-CD40MAb or in wild-type mice that were injected with Cy5.5-IgGMAb. Ex vivo near-infrared fluorescence showed an intense fluorescence within the ischemic territory only in wild-type mice injected with Cy5.5-CD40MAb. In the brains of these mice, single-plane illumination microscopy demonstrated vascular and parenchymal distribution, and confocal microscopy revealed a partial colocalization of parenchymal fluorescence from the injected Cy5.5-CD40MAb with activated microglia and blood-derived cells in the ischemic region. CONCLUSIONS The study demonstrates that a CD40-targeted fluorescent antibody enables specific noninvasive detection of the inflammatory receptor CD40 after cerebral ischemia using optical techniques.
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- Jan Klohs
- Department Experimental Neurology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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