Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 13, Issue 1, 2030002(2020)

Three-dimensional imaging of spatio-temporal dynamics of small blood capillary network in the cortex based on optical coherence tomography: A review

Fangjian Xing1...2,*, Jang-Hoon Lee2, Collin Polucha2, and Jonghwan Lee23 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Opto-Electronic Technology, School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
  • 2Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  • 3Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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    Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) has emerged as an advanced in vivo imaging modality, which is widely used for the clinic ophthalmology and neuroscience research in the rodent brain cortex among others. Based on the high numerical aperture (NA) probing lens and the motion-corrected algorithms, a high-resolution imaging technique called OCT microangiography is applied to resolve the small blood capillary vessels ranging from 5 μm to 10 μm in diameter. As OCT-based techniques are recently evolving further from the structural imaging of capillaries toward spatio-temporal dynamic imaging of blood flow in capillaries, here we present a review on the latest techniques for the dynamic flow imaging. Studies on capillary blood flow using these techniques will help us better understand the roles of capillary blood flow for normal functioning of the brain as well as how it malfunctions in diseases.

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    Fangjian Xing, Jang-Hoon Lee, Collin Polucha, Jonghwan Lee. Three-dimensional imaging of spatio-temporal dynamics of small blood capillary network in the cortex based on optical coherence tomography: A review[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2020, 13(1): 2030002

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    Received: May. 13, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: --

    The Author Email: Xing Fangjian (fangjian_xing@brown.edu)

    DOI:10.1142/s1793545820300025

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