DocumentCode
1567934
Title
In vivo intravital imaging with a dual-axes confocal microscope in skin
Author
Ra, H. ; Piyawattanametha, W. ; Gonzalez, E. ; Kaspar, R. ; Mandella, M.J. ; Contag, C.H. ; Kino, G.S. ; Solgaard, O.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
fYear
2008
Firstpage
35
Lastpage
36
Abstract
In this paper, a miniaturized intravital dual-axes confocal (DAC) microscope for investigating gene transfer in skin in vivo was reported. In vivo 3-D imaging not only validates what can be observed in ex vivo tissue sections, but gives spatial and temporal information in a living specimen. This opens up new opportunities in advancing disease and treatment research in the skin.
Keywords
bioMEMS; biomedical optical imaging; diseases; genetics; optical microscopy; skin; dual-axes confocal microscope; gene transfer; in vivo intravital imaging; skin disease; skin treatment; Animals; Fluorescence; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; In vivo; Lenses; Micromechanical devices; Microscopy; Optical imaging; Skin;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Acapulco
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1932-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688475
Filename
4688475
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