Multiharmonic-generation biopsy of skin
Author(s) -
ChiKuang Sun,
ChengChi Chen,
ShiWei Chu,
Tsung-Han Tsai,
YungChih Chen,
Bai-Ling Lin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.28.002488
Subject(s) - biopsy , phototoxicity , optics , fluorescence , focus (optics) , materials science , pathology , medicine , physics , chemistry , biochemistry , in vitro
Because it avoids the in-focus photodamage and phototoxicity problem of two-photon-fluorescence excitation, multiharmonic-generation biopsy based on a 1200-1300-nm light source could provide a truly noninvasive and highly penetrative optical sectioning of skin. We study multiharmonic-generation biopsy of fixed mouse skin. Our preliminary study suggests that this technique could provide submicrometer-resolution deep-tissue noninvasive biopsy images in skin without the use of fluorescence and exogenous markers.
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