Normalized Transillumination of Fluorescent Proteins in Small Animals

We investigated the capacity of normalized transillumination methods in imaging fluorescent proteins in visible light, in phantoms and in live mice. We demonstrate significant imaging improvements over epi-illumination imaging, as commonly applied today. Of particular importance is the significant b...

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出版年:Molecular Imaging
主要な著者: Giannis Zacharakis, Helen Shih, Jorge Ripoll, Ralph Weissleder, Vasilis Ntziachristos
フォーマット: 論文
言語:英語
出版事項: SAGE Publishing 2006-07-01
オンライン・アクセス:https://doi.org/10.2310/7290.2006.00018
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要約:We investigated the capacity of normalized transillumination methods in imaging fluorescent proteins in visible light, in phantoms and in live mice. We demonstrate significant imaging improvements over epi-illumination imaging, as commonly applied today. Of particular importance is the significant betterment in contrast achieved, due to minimization of the influence of autofluorescence and the enhancement of depth sensitivity compared to epi-illumination imaging. Although normalized transillumination does not match the accuracy and quantification capacity of tomographic imaging, it nevertheless attains key advantages over other planar optical imaging methods while preserving implementation simplicity. Due to the balance achieved between simplicity and accuracy, normalized transillumination approaches could serve as an important alternative molecular imaging method.
ISSN:1536-0121