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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2019

Micron resolution, high-fidelity three-dimensional vascular optical imaging phantoms.

Callum D Little, Radhika K Poduval, Richard Caulfield, Sacha Noimark, Richard J Colchester, Chris D Loder, Manish K Tiwari, Roby D Rakhit, Ioannis Papakonstantinou, Adrien E Desjardins

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Callum D LittleWellcome Trust-EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.
Radhika K PoduvalUniversity College London, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Photonic Innovations, United Kingdom.
Richard CaulfieldWellcome Trust-EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.
Sacha NoimarkWellcome Trust-EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.
Richard J ColchesterWellcome Trust-EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.
Chris D LoderRoyal Free Hospital, Department of Cardiology, London, United Kingdom.
Manish K TiwariWellcome Trust-EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.
Roby D RakhitRoyal Free Hospital, Department of Cardiology, London, United Kingdom.
Ioannis PapakonstantinouUniversity College London, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Photonic Innovations, United Kingdom.
Adrien E DesjardinsWellcome Trust-EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.
University College London · GBWellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences · GB

Funding

Department of HealthWellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT101957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microscopic and mesoscale optical imaging techniques allow for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging of biological tissue across millimeter-scale regions, and imaging phantom models are invaluable for system characterization and clinical training. Phantom models that replicate complex 3-D geometries with both structural and molecular contrast, with resolution and lateral dimensions equivalent to those of imaging techniques (<20  μm), have proven elusive. We present a method for fabricating phantom models using a combination of two-photon polymerization (2PP) to print scaffolds, and microinjection of tailored tissue-mimicking materials to simulate healthy and diseased tissue. We provide a first demonstration of the capabilities of this method with intravascular optical coherence tomography, an imaging technique widely used in clinical practice. We describe the design, fabrication, and validation of three types of phantom models: a first with subresolution wires (5- to 34-μm diameter) arranged circumferentially, a second with a vessel side-branch, and a third containing a lipid inclusion within a vessel. Silicone hybrid materials and lipids, microinjected within a resin framework created with 2PP, served as tissue-mimicking materials that provided realistic optical scattering and absorption. We demonstrate that optical phantom models made with 2PP and microinjected tissue-mimicking materials can simulate complex anatomy and pathology with exquisite detail.

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Phantoms, ImagingBiomimeticsComputer-Aided DesignDepth PerceptionDiagnostic ImagingHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalLipidsModels, TheoreticalOptical ImagingPhotonsPrinting, Three-DimensionalRefractometrySiliconesTomography, Optical CoherenceLipidsSiliconesimaging phantomsoptical coherence tomographyopticstissue-mimicking materialstwo-photon polymerizationvascular

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PMID30770678
PMCPMC6498868
OpenAlexW2922072845

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