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Axial response of high resolution microendoscopy in scattering media, with and without structured illumination
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Axial response of high resolution microendoscopy in scattering media, with and without structured illumination
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Koucky
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Michael Harten
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1984-
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Michael Koucky
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Pierce
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Mark Pierce
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Boustany
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Nada Boustany
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internal member
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Maguire
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Timothy
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Timothy Maguire
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2014
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2014-01
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High-resolution microendoscopy (HRME) uses epi-fluorescence imaging with a coherent fiber-optic bundle to enable in vivo examination of cellular morphology. While the HRME platform has recently gained popularity as a simple alternative to confocal endomicroscopy, the axial response of HRME in thick, scattering tissue has yet to be described quantitatively. This is important because when analyzing images collected by HRME, out-of-focus light may affect the accuracy of quantitative parameters such as nuclear-to-cytoplasm ratio, which has been proposed as a diagnostic indicator of dysplasia or cancer. In the first part of this thesis, the imaging properties of the HRME system are investigated using phantoms simulating scattering tissue with fluorescently labeled nuclei. HRME images defocused (deep) objects with apparent diameters and intensity levels that are in agreement with a simple geometric model. Out-of-focus nuclei contribute a relatively low, uniform background level to images which neither leads to the erroneous appearance of large nuclei from deep layers, nor prevents accurate imaging of superficial nuclei with high contrast. Proflavine has been used as a fluorescent contrast agent for HRME imaging, brightly labeling nuclei without staining the surrounding cytoplasm or organelles. If a non-specific fluorophore such as fluorescein is used, the removal of out-of-focus (OOF) light would be desirable. Optical sectioning is a property of some imaging systems, whereby OOF signal light is removed or rejected from the image. Optical sectioning is commonly associated with confocal microscopy and non-linear imaging methods such as multi-photon microscopy. In contrast, structured illumination (SI) is an imaging modality which is capable of providing optical sectioning without requiring raster scanning of a tightly focused laser beam. SI was integrated with the HRME platform and demonstrated to be an effective method of suppressing OOF signals, with comparable results to confocal. Theory, example images, programming considerations, and methods to minimize artifacts specific to SI are considered.
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Biomedical Engineering
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viii, 51 p. : ill.
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Michael Harten Koucky
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Endoscopy
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Imaging systems in medicine
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doi:10.7282/T3DF6PBB
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ETD graduate
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Michael
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