Browsing by Author "Ramalingam, Preetha"
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Item Differential structured illumination microendoscopy for in vivo imaging of molecular contrast agents(National Academy of Sciences, 2016) Keahey, Pelham; Ramalingam, Preetha; Schmeler, Kathleen; Richards-Kortum, Rebecca R.Fiber optic microendoscopy has shown promise for visualization of molecular contrast agents used to study disease in vivo. However, fiber optic microendoscopes have limited optical sectioning capability, and image contrast is limited by out-of-focus light generated in highly scattering tissue. Optical sectioning techniques have been used in microendoscopes to remove out-of-focus light but reduce imaging speed or rely on bulky optical elements that prevent in vivo imaging. Here, we present differential structured illumination microendoscopy (DSIMe), a fiber optic system that can perform structured illumination in real time for optical sectioning without any opto-mechanical components attached to the distal tip of the fiber bundle. We demonstrate the use of DSIMe during in vivo fluorescence imaging in patients undergoing surgery for cervical adenocarcinoma in situ. Images acquired using DSIMe show greater contrast than standard microendoscopy, improving the ability to detect cellular atypia associated with neoplasia.Item Toward development of a large field-of-view cancer screening patch (CASP) to detect cervical intraepithelial neoplasia(Optical Society of America, 2019) Gawedzinski, John; Schmeler, Kathleen M.; Milbourne, Andrea; Ramalingam, Preetha; Moghaddam, Parnian A.; Richards-Kortum, Rebecca; Richards-Kortum, Rebecca; Tkaczyk, Tomasz S.; Tkaczyk, Tomasz S.Cervical cancers are primarily diagnosed via colposcopy, in which the tissue is visually assessed by a clinician for abnormalities, followed by directed biopsies and histologic analysis of excised tissue. Optical biopsy technologies offer a less invasive method of imaging such that subcellular features can be resolved without removing tissue. These techniques, however, are limited in field-of-view by the distal end of the probe. We present a prototype that incorporates a rigid, machinable waveguide that is in direct contact with a fluorescently-labeled sample paired with a scanning fluorescent microscope. The system is capable of imaging large areas of tissue without the need to re-position the tissue-probe interface. A mosaicing algorithm was developed to quantify scanning shifts and stitch neighboring frames together to increase the field-of-view. Our prototype can yield a maximum axial resolution of <5 µm for individual frames and can produce mosaiced images with a field-of-view greater than 15 mm x 15 mm without sacrificing resolution. We validated the system with a 1951 USAF resolution target, fluorescent in vitro standards, and a patient study where ex vivo conization samples of squamous cervical epithelium were imaged. The results of the patient study indicate that architectural features of subcellular components could be detected and differentiated between normal tissue and precancerous lesions.