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1 September 2006 Molecular contrast optical coherence tomography: a pump-probe scheme using indocyanine green as a contrast agent
Zahid Yaqoob, Emily J. McDowell, Jigang Wu, Xin Heng, Jeff P. Fingler, Changhuei Yang
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 11, Issue 5, 054017 (September 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2360525
Abstract
The use of indocyanine green (ICG), a U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved dye, in a pump-probe scheme for molecular contrast optical coherence tomography (MCOCT) is proposed and demonstrated for the first time. In the proposed pump-probe scheme, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan of the sample containing ICG is first acquired. High fluence illumination (~190 kJ/cm2) is then used to permanently photobleach the ICG molecules — resulting in a permanent alteration of the overall absorption of the ICG. A second OCT scan is next acquired. The difference of the two OCT scans is used to determine the depth resolved distribution of ICG within a sample. To characterize the extent of photobleaching in different ICG solutions, we determine the cumulative probability of photobleaching, ΦB,cum, defined as the ratio of the total photobleached ICG molecules to the total photons absorbed by the ground state molecules. An empirical study of ICG photobleaching dynamics shows that ΦB,cum decreases with fluence as well as with increasing dye concentration. The quantity ΦB,cum is useful for estimating the extent of photobleaching in an ICG sample (MCOCT contrast) for a given fluence of the pump illumination. The paper also demonstrates ICG-based MCOCT imaging in tissue phantoms as well as within stage 54 Xenopus laevis.
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Zahid Yaqoob, Emily J. McDowell, Jigang Wu, Xin Heng, Jeff P. Fingler, and Changhuei Yang "Molecular contrast optical coherence tomography: a pump-probe scheme using indocyanine green as a contrast agent," Journal of Biomedical Optics 11(5), 054017 (1 September 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2360525
Published: 1 September 2006
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Optical coherence tomography
Absorption
Molecules
Statistical analysis
Glasses
Latex
Imaging systems
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