Moxifloxacin-Based Extended Depth-of-Field Fluorescence Microscopy for Real-Time Conjunctival Goblet Cell Examination

Autor: Jungbin Lee, Seonghan Kim, Jeongho Kim, Byeong Jae Son, Chang Ho Yoon, Hong Kyun Kim, Ki Hean Kim
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 41:2004-2008
ISSN: 1558-254X
0278-0062
DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2022.3151944
Popis: Conjunctival goblet cells (CGCs) are mucin-secreting cells in the eye and play essential roles for ocular surface homeostasis. Since various ocular surface pathologies are related to CGC dysfunction, CGC examination is important for the evaluation of ocular surface conditions. Recently we introduced moxifloxacin-based fluorescence microscopy (MBFM) for non-invasive CGC imaging. However, the imaging speed was up to 1 frame per second (fps) and needed to be improved for clinical applications. In this study, we developed a high-speed moxifloxacin-based, extended depth-of-field (EDOF) microscopy system that operates at a maximum imaging speed of 15 fps. The system used a deformable mirror for the high-speed axial sweeping of focal plane during single-frame acquisitions. The acquired images contained both in-focus and out-of-focus information, and deconvolution was used to filter the in-focus information. The system had a DOF of 800 [Formula: see text], field-of-view of 1.2 mm ×1.2 mm, and resolution of [Formula: see text]. Its performance was demonstrated by real-time, breathing-motion-insensitive CGC imaging of mouse and rabbit models, in vivo. High-speed EDOF microscopy has potentials for non-invasive, real-time CGC examinations of human subjects.
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