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Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

| EXPLORING THE INTERFACE OF LIGHT AND BIOMEDICINE

  • Editor: Gregory W. Faris
  • Vol. 4, Iss. 8 — Jul. 30, 2009

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Quantitative discrimination between endogenous SHG sources in mammalian tissue, based on their polarization response

Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos, David Artigas, Guadalupe Soria, Ivan Amat-Roldan, Anna M. Planas, and Pablo Loza-Alvarez  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 12, pp. 10168-10176 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.010168


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Abstract

In this study, the second harmonic generation (SHG) response to polarization and subsequent data analysis is used to discriminate, in the same image, different SHG source architectures with pixel resolution. This is demonstrated in a mammalian tissue containing both skeletal muscle and fibrilar collagen. The SHG intensity variation with the input polarization (PSHG) is fitted pixel by pixel in the image using an algorithm based on a generalized biophysical model. The analysis provides the effective orientation, θe , of the different SHG active structures (harmonophores) at every pixel. This results in a new image in which collagen and muscle are clearly differentiated. In order to quantify the SHG response, the distribution of θe for every harmonophore is obtained. We found that for collagen, the distribution was centered at θe =42.7° with a full width at half maximum of Δθ=5.9° while for muscle θe =65.3°, with Δθ=7.7°. By comparing these distributions, a quantitative measurement of the discrimination procedure is provided.

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OCIS Codes
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(180.5810) Microscopy : Scanning microscopy
(190.1900) Nonlinear optics : Diagnostic applications of nonlinear optics
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(110.5405) Imaging systems : Polarimetric imaging
(170.6935) Medical optics and biotechnology : Tissue characterization

ToC Category:
Medical Optics and Biotechnology

History
Original Manuscript: March 17, 2009
Revised Manuscript: May 15, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: May 20, 2009
Published: June 2, 2009

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Vol. 4, Iss. 8 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos, David Artigas, Guadalupe Soria, Ivan Amat-Roldan, Anna M. Planas, and Pablo Loza-Alvarez, "Quantitative discrimination between endogenous SHG sources in mammalian tissue, based on their polarization response," Opt. Express 17, 10168-10176 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-12-10168


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