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Dynamic laser speckle imaging of cerebral blood flow

Zakharov, Pavel ; Völker, A. C. ; Wyss, M. T. ; Haiss, F. ; Calcinaghi, N. ; Zunzunegui, C. ; Buck, Alfred ; Scheffold, Frank ; Weber, Bruno

In: Optics Express, 2009, vol. 17, no. 16, p. 13904-13917

Laser speckle imaging (LSI) based on the speckle contrast analysis is a simple and robust technique for imaging of heterogeneous dynamics. LSI finds frequent application for dynamical mapping of cerebral blood flow, as it features high spatial and temporal resolution. However, the quantitative interpretation of the acquired data is not straightforward for the common case of a speckle field formed...

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Improved in vivo two-photon imaging after blood replacement by perfluorocarbon

Haiss, F. ; Jolivet, R. ; Wyss, M. T. ; Reichold, J. ; Ben Braham, Nasser ; Scheffold, Frank ; Krafft, M. P. ; Weber, B.

In: The Journal of Physiology, 2009, vol. 587, p. 3153-3158

Two-photon microscopy is a powerful method in biomedical research that allows functional and anatomical imaging at a subcellular resolution in vivo. The technique is seriously hampered by absorption and scattering of light by blood, which prevents imaging through large vessels. Here, we demonstrate in the rat cerebral cortex that blood replacement by perfluorocarbon emulsion, a compound also used...