Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 8, Issue 2, 122(2015)

In vivo imaging of a single erythrocyte with high-resolution photoacoustic microscopy

Guo HE, Bingbing LI, and Sihua YANG*
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  • Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science College of Biophotonics,South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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    In this letter, we reported a high-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) to image erythrocytes and blood vessels. The developed system had the ability to provide a lateral resolution of 1.0 μm at the wavelength of 532 nm with a × 10 objective. First, we used a sharp edge to measure the lateral resolution of the PAM and testified the stability with carbon fibers. Then, using this system, in vivo blood vessels and capillaries of a mouse ear, even a single erythrocyte can be clearly imaged. There was a pair of accompanying venule and arteriole, whose detailed and further complicated branches can be clearly identified. And likely red blood cells (RBCs) arrayed one by one in microvasculature was also shown. The experimental results demonstrate that the high-resolution PAM has potential clinical applications for imaging of erythrocytes and blood vessels.

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    Guo HE, Bingbing LI, Sihua YANG. In vivo imaging of a single erythrocyte with high-resolution photoacoustic microscopy[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2015, 8(2): 122

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    Paper Information

    Category: LETTER

    Received: Jul. 2, 2014

    Accepted: Aug. 28, 2014

    Published Online: Jan. 7, 2016

    The Author Email: YANG Sihua (yangsh@scnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-014-0461-z

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