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ArticleJournal of biophotonics2020

Label-free spectroscopic tissue characterization using fluorescence excitation-scanning spectral imaging.

Peter F Favreau, Joshua A Deal, Bradley Harris, David S Weber, Thomas C Rich, Silas J Leavesley

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Article in Journal of biophotonics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Peter F FavreauDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.ORCID 0000-0001-6900-944X
Joshua A DealDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.
Bradley HarrisDepartment of Medical Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.
David S WeberDepartment of Physiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.
Thomas C RichDepartment of Pharmacology, Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.
Silas J LeavesleyDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.ORCID 0000-0002-2684-9534

Funding

T-type Calcium Channels and von Willebrand Factor ReleaseP01HL066299 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI ALVAREZ, DIEGO F. · 2001 to 2022
$34.6M
G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling in Airway Smooth MuR01HL058506 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RAYMOND B. PENN · 2001 to 2026
$9.3M
Andor Revolution WD Confocal Imaging SystemS10OD020149 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI TAYLOR, MARK STEPHEN · 2015 to 2015
$395k
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL066299NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL058506NIH HHS P01HL066299NIH HHS R01HL058506NIH HHS S10 OD020149NIH HHS S10OD020149
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spectral imaging approaches provide new possibilities for measuring and discriminating fluorescent molecules in living cells and tissues. These approaches often employ tunable filters and robust image processing algorithms to identify many fluorescent labels in a single image set. Here, we present results from a novel spectral imaging technology that scans the fluorescence excitation spectrum, demonstrating that excitation-scanning hyperspectral image data can discriminate among tissue types and estimate the molecular composition of tissues. This approach allows fast, accurate quantification of many fluorescent species from multivariate image data without the need of exogenous labels or dyes. We evaluated the ability of the excitation-scanning approach to identify endogenous fluorescence signatures in multiple unlabeled tissue types. Signatures were screened using multi-pass principal component analysis. Endmember extraction techniques revealed conserved autofluorescent signatures across multiple tissue types. We further examined the ability to detect known molecular signatures by constructing spectral libraries of common endogenous fluorophores and applying multiple spectral analysis techniques on test images from lung, liver and kidney. Spectral deconvolution revealed structure-specific morphologic contrast generated from pure molecule signatures. These results demonstrate that excitation-scanning spectral imaging, coupled with spectral imaging processing techniques, provides an approach for discriminating among tissue types and assessing the molecular composition of tissues. Additionally, excitation scanning offers the ability to rapidly screen molecular markers across a range of tissues without using fluorescent labels. This approach lays the groundwork for translation of excitation-scanning technologies to clinical imaging platforms.

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AlgorithmsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedFluorescent DyesMicroscopy, FluorescenceSpectrum AnalysisFluorescent Dyesendoscopyhyperspectralimage processingmicroscopyoptical biopsyspectroscopy

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PMID31566889
PMCPMC8491137

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