Scoring of collagen organization in healthy and diseased human dermis by multiphoton microscopy
Scoring of collagen organization in healthy and diseased human dermis by multiphoton microscopy
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DOI:
10.1002/jbio.200910062
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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2.8
通讯作者:
Pavone, Francesco S.
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作者:
Cicchi, Riccardo;Kapsokalyvas, Dimitrios;Pavone, Francesco S.
We have used nonlinear imaging to evaluate collagen organization in connective tissue ex-vivo samples. Image analysis methods were tested on healthy dermis, normal scars, and keloids. The evaluation of the second harmonic to autofluorescence aging index of dermis (SAAID) has allowed a first characterization of tissues by scoring the collagen/elastin content. Further analyses on collagen morphology in healthy dermis and keloids were performed by image-pattern analysis of SHG images. The gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) analysis method has allowed classification of different tissues based on the evaluation of geometrical arrangement of collagen fibrillar bundles, whereas a pattern analysis of the FFT images has allowed the discrimination of different tissues based on the anisotropy of collagen fibers distribution, This multiple scoring method represents a promising tool to be extended to other collagen disorders, as well as to be used in in-vivo skin-imaging applications.[GRAPHICS]Slice of a sample of keloid labeled with H&E staining and imaged using nonlinear microscopy. Field of view: 1 x 0.5 mm (C) 2010 by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Weinheim