Label-free optical quantification of structural alterations in Alzheimer's disease

Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 3:6:31034. doi: 10.1038/srep31034.

Abstract

We present a wide-field quantitative label-free imaging of mouse brain tissue slices with sub-micrometre resolution, employing holographic microscopy and an automated scanning platform. From the measured light field images, scattering coefficients and anisotropies are quantitatively retrieved by using the modified the scattering-phase theorem, which enables access to structural information about brain tissues. As a proof of principle, we demonstrate that these scattering parameters enable us to quantitatively address structural alteration in the brain tissues of mice with Alzheimer's disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Alzheimer Disease / genetics
  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic