• Opto-Electronic Advances
  • Vol. 5, Issue 2, 210045 (2022)
E Du, Shuhao Shen, Anqi Qiu, and Nanguang Chen*
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 7 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117574, Singapore
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    DOI: 10.29026/oea.2022.210045 Cite this Article
    E Du, Shuhao Shen, Anqi Qiu, Nanguang Chen. Confocal laser speckle autocorrelation imaging of dynamic flow in microvasculature[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2022, 5(2): 210045 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Laser speckle imaging has been widely used for in-vivo visualization of blood perfusion in biological tissues. However, existing laser speckle imaging techniques suffer from limited quantification accuracy and spatial resolution. Here we report a novel design and implementation of a powerful laser speckle imaging platform to solve the two critical limitations. The core technique of our platform is a combination of line scan confocal microscopy with laser speckle autocorrelation imaging, which is termed Line Scan Laser Speckle Autocorrelation Imaging (LS-LSAI). The technical advantages of LS-LSAI include high spatial resolution (~4.4 μm) for visualizing and quantifying blood flow in microvessels, as well as video-rate imaging speed for tracing dynamic flow.
    $ {g_2}(t,\tau ) = \frac{{\displaystyle \int_t^{t + {\rm{\Delta}} } {\rm{d}} {t^{\prime} }I\left( {{{{t}}^{\prime} }} \right)I\left( {{{{t}}^{\prime} } + \tau } \right)}}{{{{\left[ {\displaystyle \int_t^{t + {\rm{\Delta}} } {\rm{d}} {t^{\prime} }I\left( {{{{t}}^{\prime} }} \right)} \right]}^2}}}\;, $(1)

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    $ {g_2}(t,\tau ) = 1 + \beta {\left| {{\rm{exp}} \left[ { - {{\left( {\tau /{\tau _{\rm{c}}}(t)} \right)}^n}} \right]} \right|^2}\;, $(2)

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    $ \upsilon (t) = \frac{w}{{{\tau _{\rm{c}}}(t)}}\;, $(3)

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    $ K = \frac{\sigma }{{\langle I\rangle }} = {\left\{ {\beta \frac{{{\tau _{\rm{c}}}}}{{2T}}\left[ {2 - \frac{{{\tau _{\rm{c}}}}}{T}\left( {1 - {{\rm{e}}^{ - 2T/{\tau _{\rm{c}}}}}} \right)} \right]} \right\}^{1/2}}\;, $(4)

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    $ {\hat \upsilon _{{\rm{max}}}} = - w{{{\rm{ln}}{R_{{\rm{min}}}}} / {{\tau _1}}}\;, $(5)

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    E Du, Shuhao Shen, Anqi Qiu, Nanguang Chen. Confocal laser speckle autocorrelation imaging of dynamic flow in microvasculature[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2022, 5(2): 210045
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