Combined FLIM and reflectance confocal microscopy for epithelial imaging
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Current methods for detection of oral cancer lack the ability to delineate between normal and precancerous tissue with adequate sensitivity and specificity. The usual diagnostic mechanism involves visual inspection and palpation followed by tissue biopsy and histopathology, a process both invasive and time-intensive. A more sensitive and objective screening method can greatly facilitate the overall process of detection of early cancer. To this end, we present a multimodal imaging system with fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) for wide field of view guidance and reflectance confocal microscopy for sub-cellular resolution imaging of epithelial tissue. Moving from a 12 x 12 mm 2 field of view with 157 m lateral resolution using FLIM to 275 x 200 m 2 with lateral resolution of 2.2 m using confocal microscopy, hamster cheek pouch model is imaged both in vivo and ex vivo. The results indicate that our dual modality imaging system can identify and distinguish between different tissue features, and, therefore, can potentially serve as a guide in early oral cancer detection. 2012 SPIE.
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Multimodal Biomedical Imaging VII
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MULTIMODAL BIOMEDICAL IMAGING VII
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Jabbour, J. M., Cheng, S., Shrestha, S., Malik, B., Jo, J. A., Applegate, B., & Maitland, K. C.
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Jabbour, Joey M||Cheng, Shuna||Shrestha, Sebina||Malik, Bilal||Jo, Javier A||Applegate, Brian||Maitland, Kristen C