• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 5, Issue 4, 1250026 (2012)
HONGCHUN BAO1, ALEX BOUSSIOUTAS2、3, MCGEAREY ALEIXANDRIA2, RITA BUSUTTIL2, and MIN GU1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Center for Micro-Photonics Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
  • 2Research-Peter MacCallum Cancer Center 1 St Andrews Place East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
  • 3Department of Medicine (RMH) University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
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    DOI: 10.1142/s1793545812500265 Cite this Article
    HONGCHUN BAO, ALEX BOUSSIOUTAS, MCGEAREY ALEIXANDRIA, RITA BUSUTTIL, MIN GU. GASTROINTESTINAL ABNORMALITIES IDENTIFIED BY FLUORESCENCE ENDOMICROSCOPY[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2012, 5(4): 1250026 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Real-time in vivo microscopic imaging has become a reality with the advent of confocal and nonlinear endomicroscopy. These devices are best utilized in conjunction with standard white light endoscopy. We evaluated the use of fluorescence endomicroscopy in detecting microscopic abnormalities in colonic tissues. Mice of C57bl/6 strain had intraperitoneal injection with azoxymethane once every week for five weeks and littermates, not exposed to azoxymethane served as controls. After 14 weeks, intestines were imaged by fluorescence endomicroscopy. The images show obvious cellular structural differences between those two groups of mice. The difference in endomicroscopy imaging can be used for identifying tissues suspicious for neoplasia or other changes, leading to early diagnosis of gastrointestinal track of cancer.
    HONGCHUN BAO, ALEX BOUSSIOUTAS, MCGEAREY ALEIXANDRIA, RITA BUSUTTIL, MIN GU. GASTROINTESTINAL ABNORMALITIES IDENTIFIED BY FLUORESCENCE ENDOMICROSCOPY[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2012, 5(4): 1250026
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