PMID- 35290310 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220317 LR - 20240214 IS - 1539-4794 (Electronic) IS - 0146-9592 (Print) IS - 0146-9592 (Linking) VI - 47 IP - 6 DP - 2022 Mar 15 TI - Multimodal imaging system combining optical coherence tomography and Brillouin microscopy for neural tube imaging. PG - 1347-1350 LID - 10.1364/OL.453996 [doi] AB - To understand the dynamics of tissue stiffness during neural tube formation and closure in a murine model, we have developed a multimodal, coaligned imaging system combining optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Brillouin microscopy. Brillouin microscopy can map the longitudinal modulus of tissue but cannot provide structural images. Thus, it is limited for imaging dynamic processes such as neural tube formation and closure. To overcome this limitation, we have combined Brillouin microscopy and OCT in one coaligned instrument. OCT provided depth-resolved structural imaging with a micrometer-scale spatial resolution to guide stiffness mapping by Brillouin modality. 2D structural and Brillouin frequency shift maps were acquired of mouse embryos at gestational day (GD) 8.5, 9.5, and 10.5 with the multimodal system. The results demonstrate the capability of the system to obtain structural and stiffness information simultaneously. FAU - Ambekar, Yogeshwari S AU - Ambekar YS FAU - Singh, Manmohan AU - Singh M FAU - Schill, Alexander W AU - Schill AW FAU - Zhang, Jitao AU - Zhang J FAU - Zevallos-Delgado, Christian AU - Zevallos-Delgado C FAU - Khajavi, Behzad AU - Khajavi B FAU - Aglyamov, Salavat R AU - Aglyamov SR FAU - Finnell, Richard H AU - Finnell RH FAU - Scarcelli, Giuliano AU - Scarcelli G FAU - Larin, Kirill V AU - Larin KV LA - eng GR - K25 HD097288/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 EY007551/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY030063/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HD095520/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Opt Lett JT - Optics letters JID - 7708433 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - *Microscopy/methods MH - Multimodal Imaging MH - Neural Tube MH - *Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods PMC - PMC9088521 MID - NIHMS1804149 EDAT- 2022/03/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/18 06:00 PMCR- 2022/05/10 CRDT- 2022/03/15 17:18 PHST- 2022/03/15 17:18 [entrez] PHST- 2022/03/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 470096 [pii] AID - 10.1364/OL.453996 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Opt Lett. 2022 Mar 15;47(6):1347-1350. doi: 10.1364/OL.453996.