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Speckle variance detection of microvasculature using swept-source optical coherence tomography

Opt Lett. 2008 Jul 1;33(13):1530-2. doi: 10.1364/ol.33.001530.

Abstract

We report on imaging of microcirculation by calculating the speckle variance of optical coherence tomography (OCT) structural images acquired using a Fourier domain mode-locked swept-wavelength laser. The algorithm calculates interframe speckle variance in two-dimensional and three-dimensional OCT data sets and shows little dependence to the Doppler angle ranging from 75 degrees to 90 degrees . We demonstrate in vivo detection of blood flow in vessels as small as 25 microm in diameter in a dorsal skinfold window chamber model with direct comparison with intravital fluorescence confocal microscopy. This technique can visualize vessel-size-dependent vascular shutdown and transient vascular occlusion during Visudyne photodynamic therapy and may provide opportunities for studying therapeutic effects of antivascular treatments without on exogenous contrast agent.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Animals
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Microcirculation / cytology*
  • Microscopy, Confocal / methods*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*