Abstract
We introduce a novel contrast mechanism for imaging blood flow by use of magnetomotive optical Doppler tomography (MM-ODT), which combines an externally applied temporally oscillating high-strength magnetic field with ODT to detect erythrocytes moving according to the field gradient. Hemoglobin contrast was demonstrated in a capillary tube filled with moving blood by imaging the Doppler frequency shift, which was observed independently of blood flow rate and direction. Results suggest that MM-ODT may be a promising technique with which to image blood flow.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 778-780 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - 2006 |