光声内窥镜系统在人体直肠癌离体组织中的实验研究

研制了基于4阵列传感器的光声内窥镜探头,并基于此搭建了光声内窥镜成像系统,开展了仿体实验成像研究,通过内窥镜探头4个阵元位置激光吸收强度的变化情况来分析仿体中吸收体的位置,论证了其定位能力,利用光声内窥镜系统对人体离体的正常组织、直肠癌早期组织进行成像研究;通过对不同阵元位置的光吸收强度分布进行统计分析,证明了光声内窥镜对早期直肠癌组织和正常组织的辨别能力,此项技术有望提高直肠癌早期诊断的准确率,具有潜在的临床应用前景。     

自适应多光谱光声成像技术研究

光声成像技术是利用激光照射组织产生超声波成像的新型医学影像技术.在传统光声成像中,由于组织体内复杂的成分与环境会对入射光波产生较大的扰动而导致波前畸变、图像分辨率下降,从而降低诊断的准确性.为了克服这一影响,本文提出了一种自适应多光谱光声成像技术.该技术利用自适应光学技术可有效地降低组织对光波扰动的影响,提高系统成像分辨率与图像对比度.此外,该系统还融合了多光谱成像技术,可在多种波长下对目标成像,从而更好地进行组织结构识别、组分分析等.实验结果表明,该系统十分适用于复杂的生物组织光声成像,可极大地增强光声成像性能,在生物医学领域具有广阔的应用前景.     

利用维纳滤波改善声透镜光声成像系统的分辨率

为了克服衍射效应对光声成像系统分辨率的限制,需要采用逆卷积方法进行图像反演.从理论上分析了声透镜成像原理,模拟仿真了声透镜的点扩展函数对声透镜成像系统分辨率的影响和维纳滤波解卷积方法复原光声成像的过程,并利用自搭建的声透镜光声成像系统进行了深入的实验研究,得到了物平面上相距4 mm和3 mm的两个黑胶带点的直接成像光声...     

基于维纳滤波反卷积的光声成像

为了提高光声成像(PAT)的对比度和分辨率,需对组织样品的光声(PA)信号进行基于探头脉冲响应的滤波反卷积以恢复其频谱特性.对宽带光声信号而言,由于带通滤波的截止频率由人为确定,噪声不能得到有效抑制,很难获得稳定的反卷积结果.针对此问题,提出了基于维纳滤波反卷积的光声成像方法,利用点光声源获得超声探头的脉冲响应.利用维纳滤波抑制反卷积过程中噪声的影响,滤波器参数由离散小波变换(DWT)动态估计,样品光声图像由时域后向投影算法重建.数值模拟与成像实验均表明该方法有效地抑制了噪声对反卷积的影响,提高了光声成像的对比度和分辨率.     

基于镂空阵列探头的反射式光声/热声双模态组织成像

光声和热声成像技术除激发源不同外,可共用一套数据采集和处理系统,具有天然的融合优势.本文提出了一种基于镂空阵列的反射式光声/热声双模态成像技术,该技术利用光纤与天线,通过镂空阵列的开孔进行光声/热声信号激发,使得激发光、微波和接收超声信号共轴,构成明场光声/热声双模态成像模式.通过对探头镂空部分晶元相位和幅值的补偿校准,成功实现了3 mm直径塑料管、人体手臂、手背和脚背的双模态成像.实验结果表明:系统空间分辨率为0.33 mm,双模态成像技术可同时提供组织的光学和微波吸收分布,有助于肿瘤、糖尿病足等疾病的精准检测,具有极广泛的临床应用前景.     

基于柱弥散光源体内辐照的前列腺扫描光声成像仿体实验

光声成像技术是一种非常有前景的前列腺早期检测与成像的新技术. 在现有前列腺光声成像技术中, 通常采用的腺体外光源辐照方式由于受外围组织的影响, 容易减弱深部前列腺组织的光能量吸收, 导致辐照范围减小, 引起光声成像深度不足, 难以实现无损前列腺癌的检测. 本文基于前列腺组织的结构特征, 依据一种以柱状弥散光纤在尿道对前列腺实施光辐照、并利用外置于直肠内的长焦区聚焦式超声换能器检测光声信号的前列腺光声扫描成像技术, 构建了光声成像实验系统, 开展了仿体实验. 测试结果表明, 系统能够实现样品中吸收体的定位和成像, 结合柱弥散光源体内辐照可使成像深度提高, 同时侧向成像范围也较大. 初步结果表明, 借助柱弥散光源进行体内光辐照的光声信号新激发方式结合长焦区超声探头在前列腺癌早期无创诊断上具有潜在的应用前景.     

高频高灵敏光声探头的光声内窥成像

光声内窥成像技术具有高分辨、高精准、功能成像等优点,是目前临床新型成像诊断技术研究的热点。然而,光声内窥成像技术受激光器安全能量阈值和光声换能器灵敏度的制约,现有的光声内窥成像技术大多无法兼顾高成像信噪比和小尺寸要求。为了解决光声信号回波能量低、光声图像信噪比差的问题,该文采用一种带有集成前端放大器的小尺寸的光声探头设计方案,其中心频率达到30 MHz,直径小于2.5 mm,通过仿体实验证明其仿体中的成像深度可达6.5 mm,横向成像分辨率可达144.9μm,纵向分辨率为111.1μm,尤其是,成像信噪比相较于对照组的传统光声换能器提高了11.5 dB。该文研究表明,前端集成放大光声探头能有效提高光声成像信噪比,改善成像质量,为提高光声内窥临床诊断精准度提供了新方法。     

基于声透镜的三维光声成像技术

基于声透镜的光声成像系统中, 由样品的光声压分布等效样品的吸收分布, 进行光声像重建, 但之前的这种等效是一种近似, 理论上并不准确. 本文阐述了声透镜三维光声成像的基本原理, 揭示了声透镜像面上光声压信号的时间分布与样品轴向吸收分布之间的关系; 提出用积分法和希尔伯特变换提取光声信号瞬时值法, 解调样品吸收系数分布并重建光声像; 实验上, 对不同样品分别用积分法和希尔伯特变换法获取样品的吸收系数, 重建光声像的横向和轴向分辨率均约为1 mm, 实现了真正的三维快速光声成像.     

利用电光相位调制和交叉相位调制制作时间透镜的实验及仿真分析

对时间成像理论进行简要研究. 利用电光相位调制器进行光脉冲压缩实验,并分别对基于电光相位调制和交叉相位调制的时间透镜组成的时间成像系统进行了仿真和讨论. 实验结果表明,基于电光相位调制的时间透镜组成的时间成像系统可以有效压缩光脉冲,但是该系统受到了孔径限制,压缩系数较小,分辨率较低. 进一步的仿真分析结果表明,基于交叉相位调制的时间透镜组成的时间成像系统不受孔径限制,能够获得更大的压缩系数和更高的分辨率,但是该系统的实现难度较大. 关键词： 光脉冲压缩 时间透镜 电光相位调制 交叉相位调制     

有限方位扫描的光声断层成像分辨率研究

通过有限元仿真实验,定量地研究了有限方位扫描对反投影光声断层成像分辨率的影响,并且给出了有限方位扫描角与分辨率之间关系的经验公式.本文的研究结果对光声成像扫描轨迹设计、成像效果评估等具有参考价值. 关键词： 光声成像 有限方位扫描 分辨率 断层成像     

Adaptive optics optical coherence tomography for retina imaging

When optical coherence tomography (OCT) is used for human retina imaging, its transverse resolution is limited by the aberrations of human eyes. To overcome this disadvantage, a high resolution imaging system for living human retina, which consists of a time domain OCT system and a 37-elements adaptive optics (AO) system, has been developed. The AO closed loop rate is 20 frames per second, and the OCT has a 6.7-μm axial resolution. In this paper, this system is introduced and the high resolution imaging results for retina are presented.     

光学成像在疾病诊断中的应用

当前，医生们利用各种成像技术与疾病进行斗争，其中光学成像技术是获得高分辨率图像的新方法，其原理是每种生物介质具有各自特有的光谱特性，可赖以区分病变组织和正常组织，或对潜在问题准确定位。而光学相干层析则是最精确的光学成像技术，可提供１０～２０μｍ量级的高分辨率及比迄今为止任何其他技术都高的灵敏度。本文着重讨论光学相干层析术的基本原理及目前发展状况     

基于拉曼光谱技术的甲状腺疾病检测的研究

基于光学成像与光谱技术的无损检测是生物医学光学交叉领域研究的重要发展方向。其中拉曼光谱技术可获得检测对象的生化成分的"指纹信息",被广泛应用于面向生物分子,细胞以及生物组织的检测诊断研究。甲状腺疾病尤其肿瘤的临床检测往往涉及多方法和技术手段的结合,且存在一定的诊断难度,因此发展新的检测技术方法具有重要的意义。首先综述了拉曼光谱技术在甲状腺细胞系的单细胞拉曼光谱检测与分析,然后介绍甲状腺病理组织和甲状腺正常组织的拉曼光谱鉴别诊断(特别介绍了本研究小组开展以银纳米粒子为增强基底的甲状腺离体组织SERS光谱研究情况),以及拉曼光谱技术在甲状腺激素等方面的研究概况。最后简要探讨了拉曼光谱技术在该领域的研究应用前景和发展方向。     

基于旋转扫描探头的OCT内窥成像系统设计

为了同时获取样品的表面和深度信息,研究光学相干层析的成像原理,建立了基于光学相干层析技术的内窥系统,实现了旋转扫描成像,系统的工作波长为1 310 nm,工作带宽为80 nm.理论推导及计算机仿真得到了系统信噪比与干涉仪的分光比、反射率之间的关系并分析了理论分辨率和探测深度.提出外径为5 mm的内窥镜扫描探头,聚焦距离为12 mm,数值孔径NA为0.47,折射率分布常量A=0.218 7.利用微型电机驱动直角棱镜实现扫描,旋转速度为25 rpm,旋转一周得到640个采样点.采用多层盖玻片和洋葱表皮作为样品进行实验分析,得到了盖玻片和洋葱的图像,横向分辨率和纵向分辨率分别为10 μm和15 μm.结果表明,设计的光学相干层析内窥系统能够用于旋转扫描成像,获取更多的组织信息.     

A combined multiple-SLED broadband light source at 1300 nm for high resolution optical coherence tomography

We demonstrate a compact, inexpensive, and reliable fiber-coupled light source with broad bandwidth and sufficient power at 1300 nm for high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging in real-time applications. By combining four superluminescent diodes (SLEDs) with different central wavelengths, the light source has a bandwidth of 145 nm centered at 1325 nm with over 10 mW of power. OCT images of an excised stage 30 embryonic chick heart acquired with our combined SLED light source (<5 μm axial resolution in tissue) are compared with images obtained with a single SLED source (∼10 μm axial resolution in tissue). The high resolution OCT system with the combined SLED light source provides better image quality (smaller speckle noise) and a greater ability to observe fine structures in the embryonic heart.     

High resolution mosaic image of capillaries in human retina by adaptive optics

Adaptive optics (AO) has been proved as a powerful means for high resolution imaging of human retina.Because of the pixel number of charge-coupled device (CCD) camera, the field of view is limited to 1°.In order to have image of capillaries around vivo human fovea, we use mosaic method to obtain high resolution image in area of 6°× 6°. Detailed structures of capillaries around fovea with resolution of 2.3μm are clearly shown. Comparison shows that this method has a much higher resolution than current clinic retina imaging methods.     

Super‐resolution deep imaging with hollow Bessel beam STED microscopy

Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy has become a powerful imaging and localized excitation method, breaking the diffraction barrier for improved spatial resolution in cellular imaging, lithography, etc. Because of specimen‐induced aberrations and scattering distortion, it is a great challenge for STED to maintain consistent lateral resolution deep inside specimens. Here we report on deep imaging STED microscopy using a Gaussian beam for excitation and a hollow Bessel beam for depletion (GB‐STED). The proposed scheme shows an improved imaging depth of up to about 155 μm in a solid agarose sample, 115 μm in polydimethylsiloxane, and 100 μm in a phantom of gray matter in brain tissue with consistent super resolution, while standard STED microscopy shows a significantly reduced lateral resolution at the same imaging depth. The results indicate the excellent imaging penetration capability of GB‐STED, paving the way for deep tissue super‐resolution imaging and three‐dimensional precise laser fabrication.

     

Optical digital microscopy for cyto- and hematological studies in vitro

The dependence of the spatial resolution and field of view of an optical microscope equipped with a CCD camera on the objective magnification has been experimentally investigated. Measurement of these characteristics has shown that a spatial resolution of 20–25 px/μm at a field of view of about 110 μm is quite realistic; this resolution is acceptable for a detailed study of the processes occurring in cell. It is proposed to expand the dynamic range of digital camera by measuring and approximating its light characteristics with subsequent plotting of the corresponding calibration curve. The biological objects of study were human adipose tissue cells, as well as erythrocytes and their immune complexes in human blood; both objects have been investigated in vitro. Application of optical digital microscopy for solving specific problems of cytology and hematology can be useful in both biomedical studies in experiments with objects of nonbiological origin.     

Optical design of a full-pupil field,non-contact and high resolution corneal curved objective lens

It has been a challenge to overcome the corneal curvature radius to design a full-pupil field, non-contact and high resolution corneal curved objective lens, which covers the cornea full-pupil field and has the ability to resolve corneal cells. In this paper, we report an optical design of a full-pupil field, non-contact corneal curved objective lens for high resolution cornea imaging. The advantages of this lens are that it has a wide field of view (FOV) with the corneal curved image surface, maintains the beam normal incidence, as well as non-contact lens imaging, and offers a cell-level lateral resolution of cornea structure. The analysis of optimization shows that the system achieves diffraction limit in a circular FOV of 4 mm diameter covering the full-pupil zone. The theoretical lateral resolution is about 2.5 μm with an image space NA of 0.16, which is sufficient to resolve corneal cells of 7 μm diameter, and the working distance is larger than 15 mm which is enough for a non-contact objective lens. So the optical design is effectively and efficiently meeting the demand of specifications.     

Wavelength division multiplexed confocal microscopy using supercontinuum

We investigate both theoretically and experimentally wavelength division multiplexed confocal imaging by using white light supercontinuum. We show that with the optimized pinhole diameter an axial resolution of 0.75 μm and detection efficiency of 80% can be achieved. In addition, we applied the axial WDM confocal system to 3D surface measurement and the result agreed well with that measured by commercially available surface profilometer. The measured sensitivity of the system is 3.25 nm. Finally, we demonstrated lateral confocal imaging by using supercontinuum. An effective lateral scanning range of 130 μm was obtained.