In vivo integrated photoacoustic and confocal microscopy of hemoglobin oxygen saturation and oxygen partial pressure

Yu Wang, Song Hu, Konstantin Maslov, Yu Zhang, Younan Xia, Lihong V. Wang

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Abstract

We developed dual-modality microscope integrating photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) and fluorescence confocal microscopy (FCM) to noninvasively image hemoglobin oxygen saturation (sO2) and oxygen partial pressure (pO2) in vivo in single blood vessels with high spatial resolution. While PAM measures sO2 by imaging hemoglobin optical absorption at two wavelengths, FCM quantifies pO2 using phosphorescence quenching. The variations of sO2 and pO2 values in multiple orders of vessel branches under hyperoxic (100% oxygen) and normoxic (21% oxygen) conditions correlate well with the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve. In addition, the total concentration of hemoglobin is imaged by PAM at an isosbestic wavelength.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1029-1031
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume36
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2011

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