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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1029-1031 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| State | Published - Apr 1 2011 |