University of California, Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Davis, California 95616, USA.
J Biomed Opt. 2010 Sep-Oct;15(5):056022. doi: 10.1117/1.3486612.
We demonstrate for the first time the application of an endoscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) system to the intraoperative diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The clinically compatible FLIM prototype integrates a gated (down to 0.2 ns) intensifier imaging system with a fiber-bundle (fiber image guide of 0.5 mm diameter, 10,000 fibers with a gradient index lens objective 0.5 NA, and 4 mm field of view) to provide intraoperative access to the surgical field. Experiments conducted in three patients undergoing craniotomy for tumor resection demonstrate that FLIM-derived parameters allow for delineation of tumor from normal cortex. For example, at 460±25-nm wavelength band emission corresponding to NADH/NADPH fluorescence, GBM exhibited a weaker fluorescence intensity (35% less, p-value<0.05) and a longer lifetime τGBM-Amean=1.59±0.24 ns than normal cortex τNC-Amean=1.28±0.04 ns (p-value<0.005). Current results demonstrate the potential use of FLIM as a tool for image-guided surgery of brain tumors.
我们首次展示了内窥镜荧光寿命成像显微镜(FLIM)系统在多形性胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)术中诊断中的应用。该临床兼容的 FLIM 原型集成了门控(低至 0.2 ns)增强成像系统和光纤束(光纤图像引导器直径为 0.5 毫米,10000 根光纤,梯度指数透镜物镜 0.5 NA,4 毫米视场),为手术现场提供术中通道。在三名接受开颅手术切除肿瘤的患者中进行的实验表明,FLIM 衍生的参数允许区分肿瘤与正常皮层。例如,在对应于 NADH/NADPH 荧光的 460±25nm 波长带发射处,GBM 表现出较弱的荧光强度(少 35%,p 值<0.05)和较长的寿命 τGBM-Amean=1.59±0.24 ns,而正常皮层 τNC-Amean=1.28±0.04 ns(p 值<0.005)。目前的结果表明,FLIM 有潜力作为脑肿瘤图像引导手术的工具。