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Surgical microscope with integrated fluorescence lifetime imaging for 5-aminolevulinic acid fluorescence-guided neurosurgery.


ABSTRACT: SIGNIFICANCE:5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-based fluorescence guidance in conventional neurosurgical microscopes is limited to strongly fluorescent tumor tissue. Therefore, more sensitive, intrasurgical 5-ALA fluorescence visualization is needed. AIM:Macroscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) was performed ex vivo on 5-ALA-labeled human glioma tissue through a surgical microscope to evaluate its feasibility and to compare it to fluorescence intensity imaging. APPROACH:Frequency-domain FLIM was integrated into a surgical microscope, which enabled parallel wide-field white-light and fluorescence imaging. We first characterized our system and performed imaging of two samples of suspected low-grade glioma, which were compared to histopathology. RESULTS:Our imaging system enabled macroscopic FLIM of a 6.5??×??6.5??mm2 field of view at spatial resolutions <20???m. A frame of 512??×??512??pixels with a lifetime accuracy <1??ns was obtained in 65 s. Compared to conventional fluorescence imaging, FLIM considerably highlighted areas with weak 5-ALA fluorescence, which was in good agreement with histopathology. CONCLUSIONS:Integration of macroscopic FLIM into a surgical microscope is feasible and a promising method for improved tumor delineation.

SUBMITTER: Erkkila MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7039165 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Surgical microscope with integrated fluorescence lifetime imaging for 5-aminolevulinic acid fluorescence-guided neurosurgery.

Erkkilä Mikael T MT   Reichert David D   Hecker-Denschlag Nancy N   Wilzbach Marco M   Hauger Christoph C   Leitgeb Rainer A RA   Gesperger Johanna J   Kiesel Barbara B   Roetzer Thomas T   Widhalm Georg G   Drexler Wolfgang W   Unterhuber Angelika A   Andreana Marco M  

Journal of biomedical optics 20200201 7


<h4>Significance</h4>5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-based fluorescence guidance in conventional neurosurgical microscopes is limited to strongly fluorescent tumor tissue. Therefore, more sensitive, intrasurgical 5-ALA fluorescence visualization is needed.<h4>Aim</h4>Macroscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) was performed ex vivo on 5-ALA-labeled human glioma tissue through a surgical microscope to evaluate its feasibility and to compare it to fluorescence intensity imaging.<h4>Approach</h4  ...[more]

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