Pump-probe optical coherence tomography using microencapsulated methylene blue as a contrast agent
(Conference Presentation)

Wihan Kim; Erin Zebrowski; Hazel C. Lopez; Brian E. Applegate; Phapanin Charoenphol; Javier A. Jo

doi:10.1117/12.2214829

26 April 2016 Pump-probe optical coherence tomography using microencapsulated methylene blue as a contrast agent (Conference Presentation)

Wihan Kim, Erin Zebrowski, Hazel C. Lopez, Brian E. Applegate, Phapanin Charoenphol, Javier A. Jo

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Proceedings Volume 9697, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XX; 969722 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214829
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Molecular contrast imaging can target specific molecules or receptors to provide detailed information on the local biochemistry and yield enhanced visualization of pathological and physiological processes. When paired with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) it can simultaneously supply the morphological context for the molecular information. We recently demonstrated in vivo molecular contrast imaging of methylene blue (MB) using a 663 nm diode laser as a pump in a Pump-Probe OCT (PPOCT) system. The simple addition of a dichroic mirror in the sample arm enabled PPOCT imaging with a typical 830-nm band spectral-domain OCT system. Here we report on the development of a microencapsulated MB contrast agent. The poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) microspheres loaded with MB offer several advantages over bare MB. The microsphere encapsulation improves the PPOCT signal both by enhancing the scattering and preventing the reduction of MB to leucomethylene blue. The surface of the microsphere can readily be functionalized to enable active targeting of the contrast agent without modifying the excited state dynamics of MB that enable PPOCT imaging. Both MB and PLGA are used clinically. PLGA is FDA approved and used in drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. 2.5 μm diameter microspheres were synthesized with an inner core containing 0.01% (w/v) aqueous MB. As an initial demonstration the MB microspheres were imaged in a 100 μm diameter capillary tube submerged in a 1% intralipid emulsion.

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Wihan Kim, Erin Zebrowski, Hazel C. Lopez, Brian E. Applegate, Phapanin Charoenphol, and Javier A. Jo "Pump-probe optical coherence tomography using microencapsulated methylene blue as a contrast agent (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9697, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XX, 969722 (26 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214829

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Optical coherence tomography

Imaging systems

Biochemistry

In vivo imaging

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