Imaging of cardiovascular dynamics in early mouse embryos with swept source optical coherence tomography

Irina V. Larina; Michael Liebling; Mary E. Dickinson; Kirill V. Larin

doi:10.1117/12.807984

19 February 2009 Imaging of cardiovascular dynamics in early mouse embryos with swept source optical coherence tomography

Irina V. Larina, Michael Liebling, Mary E. Dickinson, Kirill V. Larin

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Proceedings Volume 7168, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XIII; 71680E (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807984
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Congenital cardiovascular defects are very common, occurring in 1% of live births, and cardiovascular failures are the leading cause of birth defect-related deaths in infants. To improve diagnostics, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular abnormalities, we need to understand not only how cells form the heart and vessels but also how physical factors such as heart contraction and blood flow influence heart development and changes in the circulatory network. Mouse models are an excellent resource for studying cardiovascular development and disease because of the resemblance to humans, rapid generation time, and availability of mutants with cardiovascular defects linked to human diseases. In this work, we present results on development and application of Doppler Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography (DSS-OCT) for imaging of cardiovascular dynamics and blood flow in the mouse embryonic heart and vessels. Our studies demonstrated that the spatial and temporal resolution of the DSS-OCT makes it possible to perform sensitive measurements of heart and vessel wall movements and to investigate how contractile waves facilitate the movement of blood through the circulatory system.

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Irina V. Larina, Michael Liebling, Mary E. Dickinson, and Kirill V. Larin "Imaging of cardiovascular dynamics in early mouse embryos with swept source optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 7168, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XIII, 71680E (19 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807984

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Heart

Optical coherence tomography

Blood circulation

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