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Liwei Wang1, Zuoguan Chen2, Yongjun Li3
1Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300192, P.R. China.
Abstract:
We developed an optical coherence tomography angiography technique by improving the speckle contrast algorithm and the imaging process. This technique, which can achieve angiogenesis imaging in vivo without increasing trauma, was used to evaluate the microvasculature in limb ischemia mice. Sixteen left hindlimb ischemia mice were randomly allocated into CuSO4 and saline groups. Within 7 days after treatment, limb ischemic damage, temperature and histological staining were assessed by traditional methods. In addition, angiogenesis was evaluated using an optical coherence tomography angiography system in vivo. All results were compared. After 7 days of treatment, both the ischemic tissue damage score and temperature ratio of the CuSO4 group were significantly higher than those of the control group (all P < 0.05). The number of CD31-positive endothelial cells in the CuSO4 group (0.1836 ± 0.0153) was significantly greater than that in the saline control group (0.0436 ± 0.0069) (P < 0.001). Optical coherence tomography angiography showed that the vessel area density of mice in the CuSO4 group (0.2566 ± 0.0060) was significantly greater than that of mice in the control group (0.2079 ± 0.0202) (P = 0.027). Optical coherence tomography angiography represents a practical and effective method for observing angiogenesis in the mouse hindlimb in vivo without increasing trauma.
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