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Abstract

A major obstacle in understanding the mechanism of ischemic stroke is the lack of a tool to noninvasively or minimally invasively monitor cerebral hemodynamics longitudinally. Here, we applied optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM) to longitudinally study ischemic stroke induced brain injury in a mouse model with transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). OR-PAM showed that, during MCAO, the average hemoglobin oxygen saturation (sO 2) values of feeder arteries and draining veins within the stroke core region dropped ∼10% and ~34%, respectively. After reperfusion, arterial sO2 recovered back to the baseline; however, the venous sO 2 increased above the baseline value by ∼7%. Thereafter, venous sO2 values were close to the arterial sO2 values, suggesting eventual brain tissue infarction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhotons Plus Ultrasound
Subtitle of host publicationImaging and Sensing 2011
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Print)9780819484369
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 10 2011

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume7899
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Keywords

  • Hemoglobin oxygen saturation
  • Ischemic stroke
  • Optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy
  • Oxygen extraction fraction
  • Vascular anatomy

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