Ultraviolet photoacoustic microscopy with tissue clearing for high-contrast histological imaging

Ultraviolet photoacoustic microscopy (UV-PAM) has been investigated to provide label-free and registration-free volumetric histological images for whole organs, offering new insights into complex biological organs. However, because of the high UV absorption of lipids and pigments in tissue, UV-PAM s...

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Auteurs principaux: Xiufeng Li, Jack C.K. Kot, Victor T.C. Tsang, Claudia T.K. Lo, Bingxin Huang, Ye Tian, Ivy H.M. Wong, Helen H.Y. Cheung, Lei Kang, Atta C.Y. Chang, Terence T.W. Wong
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Publié: Elsevier 2022
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/d79ccb8bea1d4a60b0252c66dababab3
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Résumé:Ultraviolet photoacoustic microscopy (UV-PAM) has been investigated to provide label-free and registration-free volumetric histological images for whole organs, offering new insights into complex biological organs. However, because of the high UV absorption of lipids and pigments in tissue, UV-PAM suffers from low image contrast and shallow image depth, hindering its capability for revealing various microstructures in organs. To improve the UV-PAM imaging contrast and imaging depth, here we propose to implement a state-of-the-art optical clearing technique, CUBIC (clear, unobstructed brain/body imaging cocktails and computational analysis), to wash out the lipids and pigments from tissues. Our results show that the UV-PAM imaging contrast and quality can be significantly improved after tissue clearing. With the cleared tissue, multilayers of cell nuclei can also be extracted from time-resolved PA signals. Tissue clearing-enhanced UV-PAM can provide fine details for organ imaging.