Abstract-Optical polarization tractography revealed significant fiber disarray in skeletal muscles of a mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Optical polarization tractography revealed significant fiber disarray in skeletal muscles of a mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy Y.w Wang, K. Zhang, N. B. Wasala, D. Duan, and G. Yao  »View Author Affiliations

http://www.opticsinfobase.org/boe/abstract.cfm?uri=boe-6-2-347

Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp. 347-352 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.6.000347

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Optical polarization tractography (OPT) was recently developed to visualize tissue fiber architecture with cellular-level resolution and accuracy. In this study, we explored the feasibility of using OPT to study muscle disease in the mdx4cv mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The freshly dissected tibialis anterior muscles of mdx4cv and normal mice were imaged. A “fiber disarray index” (FDI) was developed to quantify the myofiber disorganization. In necrotic muscle regions of the mdx4cv mice, the FDI was significantly elevated and can be used to segment the 3D necrotic regions for assessing the overall muscle damage. These results demonstrated the OPT’s capability for imaging microscopic fiber alternations in muscle research.

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