Hemoglobin contrast in magnetomotive optical Doppler tomography

Opt Lett. 2006 Mar 15;31(6):778-80. doi: 10.1364/ol.31.000778.

Abstract

We introduce a novel contrast mechanism for imaging blood flow by use of magnetomotive optical Doppler tomography (MM-ODT), which combines an externally applied temporally oscillating high-strength magnetic field with ODT to detect erythrocytes moving according to the field gradient. Hemoglobin contrast was demonstrated in a capillary tube filled with moving blood by imaging the Doppler frequency shift, which was observed independently of blood flow rate and direction. Results suggest that MM-ODT may be a promising technique with which to image blood flow.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blood Flow Velocity / physiology*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Magnetics / instrumentation*
  • Male
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / instrumentation*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler / instrumentation*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler / methods