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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2020

Translation of two-photon microscopy to the clinic: multimodal multiphoton CARS tomography of in vivo human skin.

Karsten König, Hans Georg Breunig, Ana Batista, Andreas Schindele, Michael Zieger, Martin Kaatz

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Karsten KönigJenLab GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Hans Georg BreunigJenLab GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Ana BatistaSaarland University, Department of Biophotonics and Laser Technology, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Andreas SchindeleJenLab GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Michael ZiegerSRH Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH, Gera, Germany.
Martin KaatzSRH Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH, Gera, Germany.
JenLab (Germany) · DESaarland University · DESRH Wald-Klinikum Gera · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

<p>Two-photon microscopes have been successfully translated into clinical imaging tools to obtain high-resolution optical biopsies for <italic>in vivo</italic> histology. We report on clinical multiphoton coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) tomography based on two tunable ultrashort near-infrared laser beams for label-free <italic>in vivo</italic> multimodal skin imaging. The multiphoton biopsies were obtained with the compact tomograph "MPTflex-CARS" using a photonic crystal fiber, an optomechanical articulated arm, and a four-detector-360 deg measurement head. The multiphoton tomograph has been employed to patients in a hospital with diseased skin. The clinical study involved 16 subjects, 8 patients with atopic dermatitis, 4 patients with psoriasis vulgaris, and 4 volunteers served as control. Two-photon cellular autofluorescence lifetime, second harmonic generation (SHG) of collagen, and CARS of intratissue lipids/proteins have been detected with single-photon sensitivity, submicron spatial resolution, and picosecond temporal resolution. The most important signal was the autofluorescence from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide [NAD(P)H]. The SHG signal from collagen was mainly used to detect the epidermal-dermal junction and to calculate the ratio elastin/collagen. The CARS/Raman signal provided add-on information. Based on this view on the disease-affected skin on a subcellular level, skin areas affected by dermatitis and by psoriasis could be clearly identified. Multimodal multiphoton tomographs may become important label-free clinical high-resolution imaging tools for <italic>in vivo</italic> skin histology to realize rapid early diagnosis as well as treatment control.</p>.

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AdultAgedCollagenDermatitis, AtopicFemaleHumansLipidsMaleMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonMiddle AgedNADPProteinsPsoriasisSkinSpectrum Analysis, RamanYoung AdultCollagenLipidsNADPProteinscoherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopyfemtosecond laserfluorescence lifetime imagingmedical imagingmultiphoton tomographysecond harmonic generationskintwo-photon microscopy

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PMID32003191
PMCPMC6991706
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