摘要:
A method for tomographic imaging of diffuse medium includes directing waves into a diffusive medium, solving a surface-bounded inversion problem by forward field calculations calculations through decomposition of contributions from the multiple reflections from an arbitrary surface within the diffusive medium or outside the diffusive medium into a sum of different orders of reflection up to an arbitrary order, and using contact or non-contact measurements of waves outside said diffusive medium to generate a tomographic image.
摘要:
Provided is a family of intramolecularly quenched imaging agents for use in both in vivo and in vitro imaging that contain at least one enzymatically cleavable oligopeptide and two fluorophores or a fluorophore and a quencher. When subjected to proteolytic cleavage, at least one fluorophore is unquenched and becomes capable of producing a fluorescent signal upon excitation with light of an appropriate wavelength. Also provided are in vivo and in vitro imaging methods using such imaging agents.
摘要:
The invention relates to systems and methods for tomographic imaging of a subject comprising diffuse media by converting measurements of electromagnetic radiation, e.g., fluorescent light, obtained in free space exterior to the subject into data that would be measured if the subject were surrounded by an infinite and homogeneous diffusive medium, e.g., a medium with optical properties equal to the average optical properties of the subject. After applying a transformation to convert measurements to virtually-matched values, propagation of light is simulated from the index-matched surface to a set of virtual detectors exterior to the subject and arranged in a geometrically advantageous fashion, for example, in a planar array, thereby facilitating the use of fast reconstruction techniques.
摘要:
The invention facilitates transport of an immobilized, anesthetized small animal across multiple single-modality or multiple-modality imaging workstations at the same or different physical locations without loss of subject positional information. The animal holder is compatible with preclinical animal imaging stations such as micro-CT, micro-MR, micro-PET, micro-SPECT, and FMT. The animal holder is configured to be accommodated by (for example, fit within) individual imaging chambers of such instruments and is fabricated from materials that are compliant with all of the imaging modalities used. In certain embodiments, an integrated set of fiducial marker wells accommodates the dispensing of markers that are picked up by several modalities simultaneously in multiple planes. The fiducial markers then are aligned in standard image processing or image analysis software with simple image translation and rotation operations, without the need for more advanced scaling, distortion or other operations. The animal holder optionally also includes a system for providing the animal with inhalation anesthesia, for example, isoflurane, and is designed to fit into identical receptacles inside or outside the imaging workstation(s) that provide heating to minimize or prevent animal hypothermia.
摘要:
This invention relates to new fluorescent chemical entities that are designed to attach to biocompatible molecules to form in vivo optical imaging agents.
摘要:
A fluorescent cyanine dye of the following general formula is disclosed: wherein:
X 1 and X 2 are indipendently selected from the group consisting of -O-, -S-, -C(CH 3 ) 2 or -C=CH 2 ; Y 1 and Y 2 are nonmetal atoms required to form a benzo-condensed or naphtho-condensed ring; Q is a conjugated moiety that increases the fluorescent quantum yield and the stability of the compound; R 1 and R 2 are indipendently selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 4 , alkyl, alkylensulfonic group or alkylensulfonate group wherein the alkylene group has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3, R4 and R5 are indipendently selected from the group consisting of H, a sulfonic group, a sulfonate group, alkylensulfonic, alkylensulfonate and -SO 2 NH(CH 2 ) m -W-(CH 2 ) n Z, wherein alkylene has 1 to 4 carbon atoms, with the proviso that at least one of R 1 to R 5 contains a sulfonic or sulfonate group; W is absent or is a group selected from -SO 2 NH, -O-, -COO-, or -CONH-; n = 0-12 and m = 0-12 with the provisoes that m+n ≤ 12 and at least one of m and n ≠ 0; and Z is, or contains a N, O or S nucleophile functionality or is, or contains a functionality capable of reacting with N, O or S nucleophiles. Nucleophile functionalities include -NH 2 , -OH, and -SH groups; groups capable of reacting with such functionalities include -COCl, -COOCOR, -CONHNH 2 , N-hydroxysuccinimido esters, -NCS, -CHO, -COCH 2 I, phosphoramidite and maleimido.