Optical clearing methods: an overview of the techniques used for the imaging of 3D spheroids

EC Costa, DN Silva, AF Moreira… - Biotechnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Spheroids have emerged as in vitro models that reproduce in a great extent the architectural
microenvironment found in human tissues. However, the imaging of 3D cell cultures is highly …

Advances in ex situ tissue optical clearing

P Matryba, L Kaczmarek, J Gołąb - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Examination of whole organs with subcellular resolution in health, disease, and during
development is necessary to decipher their biological complexity. However, until recently …

Optical clearing for multiscale biological tissues

T Yu, Y Qi, H Gong, Q Luo, D Zhu - Journal of biophotonics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional reconstruction of tissue structures is essential for biomedical research.
The development of light microscopes and various fluorescent labeling techniques provides …

RTF: a rapid and versatile tissue optical clearing method

T Yu, J Zhu, Y Li, Y Ma, J Wang, X Cheng, S Jin… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Tissue optical clearing enables imaging deeper in large volumes with high-resolution. Clear
T2 is a relatively rapid clearing method with no use of solvents or detergents, hence poses …

Deep tissue imaging: a review from a preclinical cancer research perspective

A Feuchtinger, A Walch, M Dobosz - Histochemistry and cell biology, 2016 - Springer
This review delves into the rapidly evolving field of deep tissue imaging at cellular
resolution, reviewing popular tissue clearing and staining methods in combination with light …

Optical volumetric brain imaging: speed, depth, and resolution enhancement

SH Huang, N Irawati, YF Chien, JY Lin… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding how the brain functions is one of the grand challenges in modern scientific
research. Similar to a computer, a functional brain is composed of hardware and software …

Low-cost tissue simulating phantoms with adjustable wavelength-dependent scattering properties in the visible and infrared ranges

RB Saager, A Quach, RA Rowland… - … of biomedical optics, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present a method for low-cost fabrication of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) tissue
simulating phantoms with tunable scattering spectra, spanning visible, and near-infrared …

Tissue clearing and its applications in human tissues: A review

H Mai, D Lu - View, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In three‐dimensional (3D) space, an unbiased and systemic view of human
specimens between structures and functions is required. However, conventional histological …

Validation of speed-resolved laser Doppler perfusion in a multimodal optical system using a blood-flow phantom

H Jonasson, I Fredriksson, M Larsson… - … of Biomedical Optics, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The PeriFlux 6000 EPOS system combines diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and
laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) for the assessment of oxygen saturation (expressed in …

Evaluation of a pointwise microcirculation assessment method using liquid and multilayered tissue simulating phantoms

I Fredriksson, RB Saager, AJ Durkin… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A fiber-optic probe-based instrument, designed for assessment of parameters related to
microcirculation, red blood cell tissue fraction (f RBC), oxygen saturation (SO 2), and speed …