摘要
Recently, multiphoton microscopy has gained much popularity as a noninvasive imaging modality in biomedical research. We evaluate the potential of multiphoton microscopy for monitoring laser-skin reaction in vivo. Nude mouse skin is irradiated with an erbium:YAG laser at various fluences and immediately imaged by a multiphoton microscope. The alterations of cutaneous nonlinear optical properties including multiphoton autofluorescence and second-harmonic generation associated with laser irradiation are evaluated morphologically and quantitatively. Our results show that an erbium:YAG laser at a low fluence can selectively disrupt the stratum corneum, and this alteration may account for the penetration enhancing effect of laser-assisted transcutaneous drug delivery. At a higher fluence, the zone of tissue ablation as well as the disruption of the surrounding stratum corneum, keratinocytes, and dermal extracellular matrix can be better characterized by multiphoton microscopy as compared with conventional histology. Furthermore, the degree of collagen damage in the residual thermal zone can be quantified by second-harmonic generation signals, which have significant difference between control skin, skin irradiated with a 1.5-, 8-, and 16-J/cm 2 erbium:YAG laser (P
原文 | 英語 |
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文章編號 | 024034 |
期刊 | Journal of Biomedical Optics |
卷 | 14 |
發行號 | 2 |
DOIs | |
出版狀態 | 已發佈 - 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 生物醫學工程
- 生物材料
- 電子、光磁材料
- 原子與分子物理與光學