Development of a wide-field fluorescence imaging system for evaluation of wound re-epithelialization

Walfre Franco; Enoch Gutierrez-Herrera; Martin Purschke; Ying Wang; Josh Tam; R. Rox Anderson; Apostolos Doukas

doi:10.1117/12.2008476

8 March 2013 Development of a wide-field fluorescence imaging system for evaluation of wound re-epithelialization

Walfre Franco, Enoch Gutierrez-Herrera, Martin Purschke, Ying Wang, Josh Tam, R. Rox Anderson, Apostolos Doukas

Proceedings Volume 8565, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics IX; 85650T (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008476
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Normal skin barrier function depends on having a viable epidermis, an epithelial layer formed by keratinocytes. The transparent epidermis, which is less than a 100 mum thick, is nearly impossible to see. Thus, the clinical evaluation of re-epithelialization is difficult, which hinders selecting appropriate therapy for promoting wound healing. An imaging system was developed to evaluate epithelialization by detecting endogenous fluorescence emissions of cellular proliferation over a wide field of view. A custom-made 295 nm ultraviolet (UV) light source was used for excitation. Detection was done by integrating a near-UV camera with sensitivity down to 300 nm, a 12 mm quartz lens with iris and focus lock for the UV regime, and a fluorescence bandpass filter with 340 nm center wavelength. To demonstrate that changes in fluorescence are related to cellular processes, the epithelialization of a skin substitute was monitored in vitro. The skin substitute or construct was made by embedding microscopic live human skin tissue columns, 1 mm in diameter and spaced 1 mm apart, in acellular porcine dermis. Fluorescence emissions clearly delineate the extent of lateral surface migration of keratinocytes and the total surface covered by the new epithelium. The fluorescence image of new epidermis spatially correlates with the corresponding color image. A simple, user-friendly way of imaging the presence of skin epithelium would improve wound care in civilian burns, ulcers and surgeries.

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Walfre Franco, Enoch Gutierrez-Herrera, Martin Purschke, Ying Wang, Josh Tam, R. Rox Anderson, and Apostolos Doukas "Development of a wide-field fluorescence imaging system for evaluation of wound re-epithelialization", Proc. SPIE 8565, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics IX, 85650T (8 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008476

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