Author: Chen BZ1, Yang JG1, Wu D1, Zeng DW2, Yi Y2, Yang N2, Jiang HB3.
Affiliation: 1School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China. 2Institute of Laboratory Animals of Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Province People's Hospital, Chengdu, 610054, China. 3School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Conference/Journal: Biomed Opt Express.
Date published: 2015 Aug 5
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Volume ID: 6 , Issue ID: 9 , Pages: 3225-34 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1364/BOE.6.003225. , Word Count: 150
Abstract
Using acupuncture to treat cerebral hypoperfusion is a hot topic. However, there is a lack of effective tools to clarify the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on cerebral hypoperfusion. Here, we show in a mouse model of cerebral hypoperfusion that photoacoustic tomography (PAT) can noninvasively image cerebral vasculature and track total hemoglobin (HbT) concentration changes in cerebral hypoperfusion with acupuncture stimulation on the YangLingQuan (GB34) point. We measured the changes of HbT concentration and found that the HbT concentration in hypoperfusion regions was clearly lower than that in the control regions when the acupuncture was absent; however, it was significantly increased when the acupuncture was implemented on the GB34 point. We also observed the increase of vessel size and the generation of new vessels in cerebral hypoperfusion during acupuncture. Laser speckle imaging (LSI) was employed to validate some of the PAT findings.
KEYWORDS:
(170.2655) Functional monitoring and imaging; (170.5120) Photoacoustic imaging
PMID: 26417495