Differential permeability rate and percent clearing of glucose in different regions in rabbit sclera

Mohamad G. Ghosn; Esteban F. Carbajal; Natasha A. Befrui; Valery Viktorovich Tuchin; Kirill V. Larin

doi:10.1117/1.2907699

1 March 2008 Differential permeability rate and percent clearing of glucose in different regions in rabbit sclera

Mohamad G. Ghosn, Esteban F. Carbajal, Natasha A. Befrui, Valery Viktorovich Tuchin, Kirill V. Larin

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 021110 (March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2907699

Abstract

Imaging of biological tissues with optical coherence tomography (OCT) poses a great interest for its capability to noninvasively outline subsurface microstructures within tissues. However, a major limitation for many optical imaging techniques is inadequate depth penetration of light in turbid media, which is bounded to just a few millimeters. There have been several attempts to improve light penetration depth in biological tissues, including application of different tissue optical clearing methods. In this study, an aqueous solution of glucose (40%) is added to rabbit sclera in vitro, where depth-resolved permeability coefficients and optical clearing are calculated with OCT. The permeability rate in regions in the upper 80- to 100-μm region is found to be different from that of regions in the deeper 100-μm region: (6.01±0.37)×10^-6cm/sec and (2.84±0.68)×10^-5cm/sec, respectively. A difference in percent clearing is also noted. Optical clearing of the upper region is about 10% and increased to 17 to 22% in the one beneath. These results demonstrate the capability of OCT-based methods to not only measure the diffusion rate and optical clearing of a tissue, but also its ability of functional differentiation between layers of epithelial tissues.

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Mohamad G. Ghosn, Esteban F. Carbajal, Natasha A. Befrui, Valery Viktorovich Tuchin, and Kirill V. Larin "Differential permeability rate and percent clearing of glucose in different regions in rabbit sclera," Journal of Biomedical Optics 13(2), 021110 (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2907699

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Glucose

Tissues

Sclera

Optical coherence tomography

Diffusion

Optical clearing

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