Functional photoacoustic microscopy of pH

Muhammad Rameez Chatni, Junjie Yao, Amos Danielli, Christopher P. Favazza, Konstantin I. Maslov, Lihong V. Wang

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Abstract

pH is a tightly regulated indicator of metabolic activity. In mammalian systems, an imbalance of pH regulation may result from or result in serious illness. In this paper, we report photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) of a commercially available pH-sensitive fluorescent dye (SNARF-5F carboxylic acid) in tissue phantoms. We demonstrated that PAM is capable of pH imaging in absolute values at tissue depths of up to 2.0 mm, greater than possible with other forms of optical microscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100503
JournalJournal of Biomedical Optics
Volume16
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • SNARF-5F carboxylic acid
  • pH imaging
  • photoacoustic microscopy

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering

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