Depth-resolved microscopy of cortical hemodynamics with optical coherence tomography

Opt Lett. 2009 Oct 15;34(20):3086-8. doi: 10.1364/OL.34.003086.

Abstract

We describe depth-resolved microscopy of cortical hemodynamics with high-speed spectral/Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). Stimulus-evoked changes in blood vessel diameter, flow, and total hemoglobin were measured in the rat somatosensory cortex. The results show OCT measurements of hemodynamic changes during functional activation and represent an important step toward understanding functional hyperemia at the microscopic level.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Brain / physiology
  • Brain Mapping / methods*
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Hemodynamics
  • Hyperemia / pathology
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Rats
  • Somatosensory Cortex / anatomy & histology*
  • Somatosensory Cortex / pathology*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods