Title :
Molecular Imaging of Central Nervous System with Multi-modal Nonlinear Optical Microscopy
Author :
Wang, Haifeng ; Fu, Yan ; Shi, Riyi ; Cheng, Ji-Xin
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette
Abstract :
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) and sum-frequency generation (SFG) microscopy are combined on the same platform. Simultaneous SFG imaging of astroglial filaments and CARS imaging of myelin sheath in spinal cord are shown.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; coherent antiStokes Raman scattering; neurophysiology; optical frequency conversion; optical microscopy; CARS; SFG; astroglial filaments; central nervous system; coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering; molecular imaging; multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy; myelin sheath; spinal cord; sum-frequency generation; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Blood vessels; Central nervous system; Molecular imaging; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453057
