Four-dimensional optical coherence tomography imaging of total liquid ventilated rats

Lars Kirsten; Christian Schnabel; Maria Gaertner; Edmund Koch

doi:10.1117/12.2032434

18 June 2013 Four-dimensional optical coherence tomography imaging of total liquid ventilated rats

Lars Kirsten, Christian Schnabel, Maria Gaertner, Edmund Koch

Proceedings Volume 8802, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques VI; 88020F (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032434
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2013, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be utilized for the spatially and temporally resolved visualization of alveolar tissue and its dynamics in rodent models, which allows the investigation of lung dynamics on the microscopic scale of single alveoli. The findings could provide experimental input data for numerical simulations of lung tissue mechanics and could support the development of protective ventilation strategies. Real four-dimensional OCT imaging permits the acquisition of several OCT stacks within one single ventilation cycle. Thus, the entire four-dimensional information is directly obtained. Compared to conventional virtual four-dimensional OCT imaging, where the image acquisition is extended over many ventilation cycles and is triggered on pressure levels, real four-dimensional OCT is less vulnerable against motion artifacts and non-reproducible movement of the lung tissue over subsequent ventilation cycles, which widely reduces image artifacts. However, OCT imaging of alveolar tissue is affected by refraction and total internal reflection at air-tissue interfaces. Thus, only the first alveolar layer beneath the pleura is visible. To circumvent this effect, total liquid ventilation can be carried out to match the refractive indices of lung tissue and the breathing medium, which improves the visibility of the alveolar structure, the image quality and the penetration depth and provides the real structure of the alveolar tissue. In this study, a combination of four-dimensional OCT imaging with total liquid ventilation allowed the visualization of the alveolar structure in rat lung tissue benefiting from the improved depth range beneath the pleura and from the high spatial and temporal resolution.

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Lars Kirsten, Christian Schnabel, Maria Gaertner, and Edmund Koch "Four-dimensional optical coherence tomography imaging of total liquid ventilated rats", Proc. SPIE 8802, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques VI, 88020F (18 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032434

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