The study of blood microcirculation is one of the most important problems of the medicine. This is caused by the fact that many diseases, such as cardio-vascular diseases, atherosclerosis, diabetes, chronic venous insufficiency, oncology diseases, cause functional and morphological changes of microcirculation of blood flow. The results of experimental study of changes of blood microcirculation of pancreas in rats with diabetes measured by using Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI) at application of optical clearing agents are presented. Laser speckle contrast techniques are based on the spatial and temporal statistics of the speckle pattern, calculating of contrast of time-averaged dynamic speckles in dependence on the exposure time at the registration of the speckle-modulated images. In research, 38 Wistar rats weighing 300-500 g were used. Alloxan induced animal model and streptozotocin model of diabetes was explored. The influence of solution of glycerol, Omnipaque®-300 was investigated. Application of 70%-aqueous glycerol solution demonstrates 50%-decrease of blood flow velocity in the group of aloxan diabetic animals, to 10th min blood flow velocity was completely restored. In a group of animals with streptozotocin diabetes, the blood flow rate decreased by 54%, by 10 minutes the speed did not reach the initial value. Blood flow in the control group almost stopped, to 10 min has not recovered. Application of Omnipaque®-300 demonstrates 65%-increase of blood flow in the group of alloxan diabetic animals and an increase of bloode flow in the first 2 minutes of applying the solution by 45%. In both cases to 10th min, blood flow velocity was completely restored. Blood flow in the control group did not show any noticeable changes.
The results of an experimental study of changes in the microcirculation of subcutaneous blood flow in a malignant tumor using laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) using an optical clearing agent of 70% glycerol solution are presented. In this study, for hemodynamic monitoring we used the speckle contrast method, which is one of the laser speckle imaging methods. This method is based on calculation of contrast of time-averaged dynamic speckles in dependence on the exposure time at the registration of the speckle-modulated images. Analysis of change of hemodynamic was carried out depending on the stage of development of pathologyIn research, we used 15 white laboratory rats Wistar weighing 300-500 g. A tumor was inoculated in laboratory rats by subcutaneous injection of 0.5 ml of a 25% tumor suspension into the area of the shoulder blades in a Hanks solution strain of PC1 alveolar liver cancer. Laboratory animals were divided into three groups, the first included healthy animals, the second - animals with an inoculated tumor 14 days after injection and the third - animals with an inoculated tumor 28 days after injection. It was found that the blood flow rate in pathological group No. 2 was reduced by 25% relative to control measurements of group No. 1, in pathological group No. 3 increased by 20% relative to control measurements. Also, the results showed that the use of a 70% glycerol solution reduced the blood flow velocity in the control group by about 2 times. Moreover, in pathological groups, the effect of the solution on the blood flow is more pronounced, in the group, the measurements on which were carried out 14 days after the inoculation of the tumor, the blood flow rate decreased by 2.8 times, after 28 days - by 4 times. The results obtained in the study of disorders of the microcirculation of the subcutaneous blood flow under the conditions of the development of a malignant tumor show that the development of diseases in animals causes changes in the microcirculatory system, and the use of optical clearing agents demonstrates changes in vascular permeability under conditions of the development of pathologies.
The study of blood microcirculation is one of the most important problems of the medicine. This is caused by the fact that many diseases, such as cardio-vascular diseases, atherosclerosis, diabetes, chronic venous insufficiency, oncology diseases, cause functional and morphological changes of microcirculation of blood flow. The results of experimental study of changes of blood microcirculation of pancreas in rats with diabetes measured by using Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI) at application of optical clearing agents are presented. Laser speckle contrast techniques are based on the spatial and temporal statistics of the speckle pattern, calculating of contrast of time-averaged dynamic speckles in dependence on the exposure time at the registration of the speckle-modulated images. In research, 28 Wistar rats weighing 300-500 g were used. Alloxan induced animal model of diabetes was explored. The influence of solution of glycerol, PEG-300 was investigated. Application of 70%-aqueous glycerol solution demonstrates 50%-decrease of blood flow velocity in the group of diabetic animals, to 10th min blood flow velocity was completely restored. Blood flow in the control group almost stopped, to 10 min has not recovered. Application of solution of PEG-300 demonstrates 25%- decrease of blood flow in the group of diabetic animals. Blood flow in the control group show 65%-decrease of blood flow. The results obtained at the study of blood microcirculation disorders of pancreas in diabetes show that diseases development in animals causes changes in the microcirculatory system and application of optical clearing agents demonstrates changes in vascular permeability in conditions of development of pathologies.
Nowadays, dynamically developing optical (photonic) technologies play an ever-increasing role in medicine. Their adequate and effective implementation in diagnostics, surgery, and therapy needs reliable data on optical properties of human tissues, including skin. This paper presents an overview of recent results on the measurements and control of tissue optical properties. The issues reported comprise a brief review of optical properties of biological tissues and efficacy of optical clearing (OC) method in application to monitoring of diabetic complications and visualization of blood vessels and microcirculation using a number of optical imaging technologies, including spectroscopic, optical coherence tomography, and polarization- and speckle-based ones. Molecular modeling of immersion OC of skin and specific technique of OC of adipose tissue by its heating and photodynamic treatment are also discussed.
In this work, we consider the use of optical clearing agents to improve imaging quality of the cerebral blood flow of newborn mice. Aqueous 60%-glycerol solution, aqueous 70%-OmnipaqueTM(300) solution and OmnipaqueTM (300) solution in water/DMSO(25%/5%) were selected as the optical clearing agents. Laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) was used for imaging of cerebral blood flow in newborn mice brain during topical optical clearing of tissuesin the area of the fontanelle. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of glycerol and Omnipaque solutions as optical clearing agents for investigation of cerebral blood flow in newborn mice without scalp removing and skull thinning.
The study of blood microcirculation is one of the most important problems of the medicine. This paper presents results of experimental study of cerebral blood flow microcirculation in mice with alloxan-induced diabetes using Temporal Laser Speckle Imaging (TLSI). Additionally, a direct effect of glucose water solution (concentration 20% and 45%) on blood flow microcirculation was studied. In the research, 20 white laboratory mice weighing 20-30 g were used. The TLSI method allows one to investigate time dependent scattering from the objects with complex dynamics, since it possesses greater temporal resolution. Results show that in brain of animal diabetic group diameter of sagittal vein is increased and the speed of blood flow reduced relative to the control group. Topical application of 20%- or 45%-glucose solutions also causes increase of diameter of blood vessels and slows down blood circulation. The results obtained show that diabetes development causes changes in the cerebral microcirculatory system and TLSI techniques can be effectively used to quantify these alterations.
A digital optical system focused on work with laboratory animals for intravital capillaroscopy has been developed. It implements the particle image velocimetry (PIV) based approach for measurements of red blood cells velocity in laboratory rat stomach capillaries. We propose a method of involuntary displacement compensation of the capillary network images. Image stabilization algorithm is based on correlation of feature tracking. The efficiency of designed image stabilization algorithm was experimentally demonstrated. The results of capillary blood flow analysis are demonstrated.
Laser speckle contrast imaging technique has been playing an important role in monitoring cutaneous microcirculation, but the strong scattering of skin restricts the imaging depth and contrast, and also makes it impossible to assess the cutaneous microcirculation response dynamically with high sensitivity. The tissue optical clearing is helpful for opening a visible window on mouse dorsal skin. In this work, the cutaneous microcirculation response to vasoactive noradrenaline is monitored with the laser speckle contrast imaging system before and after skin optical clearing. The results show that the optical clearing method can significantly enhance the contrast of laser speckle contrast imaging, and small blood vessels whose diameter less than 20μm can be distinguished with high resolution. The dynamic changes in cutaneous microvascular diameter and blood flow velocity caused by drug can be monitored sensitively. In contrast, it is difficult to detect the cutaneous microcirculation response that occurred in the blood vessels more than 100μm in the intact skin, and the signal-to-noise ratio is too low to monitor the dynamic changes caused by the same drug. Thus, skin optical clearing method can enhance the ability of laser speckle contrast imaging in accessing cutaneous microcirculation response, including the imaging contrast, resolution and sensitivity.
This paper presents the results of experimental study of full field laser speckle imaging due to cortex microcirculation
state monitoring for laboratory rats under conditions of stroke and the introduction of agents. Three groups of
experimental animals from five animals in each group were studied. The behavior of blood flow, studied by speckle
imaging technique, matched the expected physiological response to an impact.
The results of experimental study of monitoring the microcirculation in tissue superficial layers of the internal organs at
gastro-duodenal hemorrhage with the use of laser speckles contrast analysis technique are presented. The
microcirculation monitoring was provided in the course of the laparotomy of rat abdominal cavity in the real time.
Microscopic hemodynamics was analyzed for small intestine and stomach under different conditions (normal state,
provoked ischemia, administration of vasodilative agents such as papaverine, lidocaine). The prospects and problems of
internal monitoring of micro-vascular flow in clinical conditions are discussed.
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