| Literature DB >> 25909006 |
D Abi Haidar1, B Leh2, M Zanello3, R Siebert2.
Abstract
During glioblastoma surgery, delineation of the brain tumor margins is difficult because the infiltrated and normal tissues have the same visual appearance. We use a fiber-optical fluorescence probe for spectroscopic and time domain measurements to assist surgeon in differentiating the healthy and the infiltrated tissues. First study was performed on rats that were previously injected with tumorous cells. Measurements of endogenous tissue fluorescence were performed on fresh and fixed rat tumor brain slices. Spectral characteristics, fluorescence redox ratios and fluorescence lifetime measurements were analyzed. The study aimed at defining an optical index that can act as an indicator for discriminating healthy from tumorous tissue.Entities:
Keywords: (170.1610) Clinical applications; (170.6510) Spectroscopy, tissue diagnostics; (170.6920) Time-resolved imaging; (170.6935) Tissue characterization; (300.0300) Spectroscopy; (300.2530) Fluorescence, laser-induced
Year: 2015 PMID: 25909006 PMCID: PMC4399661 DOI: 10.1364/BOE.6.001219
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomed Opt Express ISSN: 2156-7085 Impact factor: 3.732