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ArticleScientific reports2024

Handheld multiphoton and pinhole-free reflectance confocal microscopy enables noninvasive, real-time cross-sectional imaging in skin.

Kate L Montgomery, Roberto A Novoa, Justin M Ko, Gabriel N Sanchez

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kate L MontgomeryEnspectra Health, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA.
Roberto A NovoaDepartment of Dermatology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Justin M KoDepartment of Dermatology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Gabriel N SanchezEnspectra Health, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA. gabriel.sanchez@enspectrahealth.com.

Funding

Noninvasive multiphoton imaging of subcellular structures with color contrast for rapid detection of skin cancersR44CA221591 · NCI · ENSPECTRA HEALTH, INC. · PI SANCHEZ, GABRIEL NESTOR · 2020 to 2023
$5.9M
Noninvasive prediction of skin precancer severity using in vivo cellular imaging and deep learning algorithms.R44CA285138 · NCI · ENSPECTRA HEALTH, INC. · PI SANCHEZ, GABRIEL NESTOR · 2023 to 2024
$2.0M
Noninvasive multiphoton imaging of subcellular structures with color contrast for rapid detection of skin cancersR43CA221591 · NCI · ENSPECTRA HEALTH, INC. · PI SANCHEZ, GABRIEL NESTOR · 2017 to 2017
$298k
NCI NIH HHS R43 CA221591NCI NIH HHS R44 CA221591NCI NIH HHS R44 CA285138
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biopsy-based histology has been the foundation of disease diagnosis and management for over a century. A long-sought goal in dermatology is the development of an imaging modality with sufficient resolution and compositional detail to noninvasively interrogate skin histology in vivo. Here, we describe a system that achieves this goal using cross-sectionally scanned, multimodal microscopy (cross-modal). Cross-modal combines multiphoton and reflectance confocal microscopy into one compact system with coordinated three-axis scanning that preserves optical resolution in cross-section. A custom pinhole-free mechanism employing finite-infinite conjugates further simplifies and stabilizes confocal alignment. Evaluated in participants ages 9-81 and Fitzpatrick skin types (FST) 1-5, cross-modal images revealed histological details analogous to those obtained from traditional biopsied tissue. We observed dermal elastosis in sun-damaged skin, elevated melanin in pigmented skin, basaloid nests in basal cell carcinoma, and elongated rete ridges in seborrheic keratosis, supporting cross-modal's potential to deliver histological insights noninvasively.

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Microscopy, ConfocalSkinAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBasal Cell CarcinomaChildFemaleHumansMaleMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonMiddle AgedSkin NeoplasmsYoung Adult

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PMID39478114
PMCPMC11526003

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