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13 April 2017 Optical-sectioning microscopy of protoporphyrin IX fluorescence in human gliomas: standardization and quantitative comparison with histology
Linpeng Wei, Ye Chen, Chengbo Yin, Sabine Borwege, Nader Sanai, Jonathan T. C. Liu
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 4, 046005 (April 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.22.4.046005
Abstract
Systemic delivery of 5-aminolevulinic acid leads to enhanced fluorescence image contrast in many tumors due to the increased accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), a fluorescent porphyrin that is associated with tumor burden and proliferation. The value of PpIX-guided resection of malignant gliomas has been demonstrated in prospective randomized clinical studies in which a twofold greater extent of resection and improved progression-free survival have been observed. In low-grade gliomas and at the diffuse infiltrative margins of all gliomas, PpIX fluorescence is often too weak to be detected with current low-resolution surgical microscopes that are used in operating rooms. However, it has been demonstrated that high-resolution optical-sectioning microscopes are capable of detecting the sparse and punctate accumulations of PpIX that are undetectable via conventional low-power surgical fluorescence microscopes. To standardize the performance of high-resolution optical-sectioning devices for future clinical use, we have developed an imaging phantom and methods to ensure that the imaging of PpIX-expressing brain tissues can be performed reproducibly. Ex vivo imaging studies with a dual-axis confocal microscope demonstrate that these methods enable the acquisition of images from unsectioned human brain tissues that quantitatively and consistently correlate with images of histologically processed tissue sections.
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Linpeng Wei, Ye Chen, Chengbo Yin, Sabine Borwege, Nader Sanai, and Jonathan T. C. Liu "Optical-sectioning microscopy of protoporphyrin IX fluorescence in human gliomas: standardization and quantitative comparison with histology," Journal of Biomedical Optics 22(4), 046005 (13 April 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.22.4.046005
Received: 29 November 2016; Accepted: 27 March 2017; Published: 13 April 2017
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Luminescence
Microscopes
Microscopy
Tissues
Confocal microscopy
Tumors
Tissue optics
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