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Stromal Nerve Imaging and Tracking Using Micro-Optical Coherence Tomography.


ABSTRACT: Purpose:To image, track and map the nerve fiber distribution in excised rabbit corneas over the entire stromal thickness using micro-optical coherence tomography (µOCT) to develop a screening tool for early peripheral neuropathy. Methods:Excised rabbit corneas were consecutively imaged by a custom-designed µOCT prototype and a commercial laser scanning fluorescence confocal microscope. The µOCT images with a field of view of approximately 1 × 1 mm were recorded with axial and transverse resolutions of approximately 1 µm and approximately 4 µm, respectively. In the volumetric µOCT image data, network maps of hyper-reflective, branched structures traversing different stromal compartments were segmented using semiautomatic image processing algorithms. Furthermore, the same corneas received ?III-tubulin antibody immunostaining before digital confocal microscopy, and a comparison between µOCT image data and immunohistochemistry analysis was performed to validate the nerval origin of the tracked network structures. Results:Semiautomatic tracing of the nerves with a high range of different thicknesses was possible through the whole corneal volumes, creating a skeleton of the traced nerves. There was a good conformity between the hyper-reflective structures in the µOCT data and the stained nerval structures in the immunohistochemistry data. Conclusions:This article demonstrates nerval imaging and tracking as well as a spatial correlation between µOCT and a fluorescence corneal nerve standard for larger nerves throughout the full thickness of the cornea ex vivo. Translational Relevance:Owing to its advantageous properties, µOCT may become useful as a noncontact method for assessing nerval structures in humans to screen for early peripheral neuropathy.

SUBMITTER: Elhardt C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7401960 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Stromal Nerve Imaging and Tracking Using Micro-Optical Coherence Tomography.

Elhardt Carolin C   Wertheimer Christian M CM   Wartak Andreas A   Zhao Jie J   Leung Hui Min HM   Kassumeh Stefan A SA   Yin Biwei B   Tearney Guillermo J GJ   Birngruber Reginald R  

Translational vision science & technology 20200415 5


<h4>Purpose</h4>To image, track and map the nerve fiber distribution in excised rabbit corneas over the entire stromal thickness using micro-optical coherence tomography (µOCT) to develop a screening tool for early peripheral neuropathy.<h4>Methods</h4>Excised rabbit corneas were consecutively imaged by a custom-designed µOCT prototype and a commercial laser scanning fluorescence confocal microscope. The µOCT images with a field of view of approximately 1 × 1 mm were recorded with axial and tran  ...[more]

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