Spectrally resolved bioluminescence optical tomography

Opt Lett. 2006 Feb 1;31(3):365-7. doi: 10.1364/ol.31.000365.

Abstract

Spectrally resolved bioluminescence optical tomography is an approach to recover images of luciferase activity within a volume using multiwavelength emission data from internal bioluminescence sources. The underlying problem of uniqueness associated with nonspectrally resolved intensity-based bioluminescence tomography is highlighted. Reconstructed images of bioluminescence are presented by using as input both simulated and real multiwavelength data from a tissue-simulating phantom. The location of the internal bioluminescence is obtained with 1 mm accuracy. Further, the amplitude of the reconstructed source is proportional to the actual bioluminescence intensity.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Luciferases / analysis*
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods*
  • Luminescent Proteins / analysis*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared / methods*
  • Tomography, Optical / methods*

Substances

  • Luminescent Proteins
  • Luciferases