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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 33, Issue 9, Pages 929-931Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.000929
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- NIBIB NIH HHS [R01 EB000712] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS46214] Funding Source: Medline
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Capillaries, the smallest blood vessels, are the distal end of the vasculature where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged between blood and tissue. Hence, noninvasive imaging of capillaries and function in vivo has long been desired as a window to studying fundamental physiology, such as neurovascular coupling. Existing imaging modalities cannot provide the required sensitivity and spatial resolution. We present in vivo imaging of the microvasculature including single capillaries in mice using optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM) developed in our laboratory. OR-PAM provides a lateral resolution of 5 mu m and an imaging depth >0.7 mm. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.
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