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  • Biomedical Optics
  • Medical Imaging

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  • Visible-light optical coherence tomography (vis-OCT) offers high resolution but struggles with deep tissue imaging due to scattering and absorption.
  • Limited penetration depth restricts vis-OCT applications in thicker biological tissues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate tartrazine as a contrast enhancer for improving vis-OCT penetration and structural visibility.
  • To assess the efficacy of tartrazine in various biological tissues, both ex vivo and in vivo.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic evaluation of tartrazine-assisted vis-OCT imaging in postmortem chicken muscle, optic nerve, and brain cortex.
  • In vivo assessment of tartrazine's effects on vis-OCT imaging at the ocular limbus and mouse ear.
  • Application of low-concentration tartrazine solutions via topical application or surface immersion.

Main Results:

  • Tartrazine significantly improved vis-OCT signal in deep tissues.
  • Enhanced signal-to-noise ratio, extended penetration depth, and improved structural contrast were observed.
  • Effective imaging was achieved across multiple tissue types and in vivo models.

Conclusions:

  • Tartrazine is an effective, safe, and inexpensive optical clearing and contrast-enhancing agent for vis-OCT.
  • Tartrazine enables deeper and higher-fidelity imaging of biological tissues.
  • This approach broadens the applicability of vis-OCT for biological research and clinical diagnostics.