Rotational imaging optical coherence tomography for full-body mouse embryonic imaging

J Biomed Opt. 2016 Feb;21(2):26002. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.21.2.026002.

Abstract

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been widely used to study mammalian embryonic development with the advantages of high spatial and temporal resolutions and without the need for any contrast enhancement probes. However, the limited imaging depth of traditional OCT might prohibit visualization of the full embryonic body. To overcome this limitation, we have developed a new methodology to enhance the imaging range of OCT in embryonic day (E) 9.5 and 10.5 mouse embryos using rotational imaging. Rotational imaging OCT (RI-OCT) enables full-body imaging of mouse embryos by performing multiangle imaging. A series of postprocessing procedures was performed on each cross-section image, resulting in the final composited image. The results demonstrate that RI-OCT is able to improve the visualization of internal mouse embryo structures as compared to conventional OCT.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Embryo, Mammalian
  • Equipment Design
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Mice
  • Rotation
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / instrumentation
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
  • Whole Body Imaging / instrumentation
  • Whole Body Imaging / methods*