“…On the other hand, LCTF is a solid-state instrument that utilizes electronically controlled liquid crystal cells to transmit light with a specific wavelength and the elimination of all other wavelengths. The LCTF approach also has been used in coupling with the microscope, 65,[89][90][91][92] fundus microscope, 114,[117][118][119] and camera lens [56][57][58]60,62,64,[68][69][70]77 to create spectral image cubes for biological imaging in vivo and in vitro.…”
Spectral imaging is a technology that integrates conventional imaging and spectroscopy to get both spatial and spectral information from an object. Although this technology was originally developed for remote sensing, it has been extended to the biomedical engineering field as a powerful analytical tool for biological and biomedical research. This review introduces the basics of spectral imaging, imaging methods, current equipment, and recent advances in biomedical applications. The performance and analytical capabilities of spectral imaging systems for biological and biomedical imaging are discussed. In particular, the current achievements and limitations of this technology in biomedical engineering are presented. The benefits and development trends of biomedical spectral imaging are highlighted to provide the reader with an insight into the current technological advances and its potential for biomedical research.
“…On the other hand, LCTF is a solid-state instrument that utilizes electronically controlled liquid crystal cells to transmit light with a specific wavelength and the elimination of all other wavelengths. The LCTF approach also has been used in coupling with the microscope, 65,[89][90][91][92] fundus microscope, 114,[117][118][119] and camera lens [56][57][58]60,62,64,[68][69][70]77 to create spectral image cubes for biological imaging in vivo and in vitro.…”
Spectral imaging is a technology that integrates conventional imaging and spectroscopy to get both spatial and spectral information from an object. Although this technology was originally developed for remote sensing, it has been extended to the biomedical engineering field as a powerful analytical tool for biological and biomedical research. This review introduces the basics of spectral imaging, imaging methods, current equipment, and recent advances in biomedical applications. The performance and analytical capabilities of spectral imaging systems for biological and biomedical imaging are discussed. In particular, the current achievements and limitations of this technology in biomedical engineering are presented. The benefits and development trends of biomedical spectral imaging are highlighted to provide the reader with an insight into the current technological advances and its potential for biomedical research.
“…The theoretical background has been developed in detail elsewhere [20,21,24]. Below it is described in brief.…”
Section: Theoreticalmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, the method has been reported to determine maps of the absolute concentration of Mb, its oxygenation and optical pathlength in buffer-perfused arrested pig heart with a 0.4 mm spatial resolution, rapidly, noninvasively and without mechanical contact with the object [24]. The mapping is the result of the NIR spectroscopic imaging and employing a first-derivative approach of the pseudo-optical density spectrum.…”
“…22 The spectroscopic images were detected with a NIR system consisting of a Hamamatsu C7042 back-thinned FFTcharge coupled device (CCD) camera (Japan), Nikon AF-60 microlens and a Cambridge Research and Instrumentation, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) VariSpec SNIR/NNIR liquid crystal tunable filter (LCTF). The system was assembled and operating software was developed at the NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics.…”
Section: Diffuse Reflectance and Fluorescence Imaging Of Rhod800 In Tmentioning
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