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Quantification of light attenuation in optically cleared mouse brains

d'Esposito, A; Nikitichev, D; Desjardins, A; Walker-Samuel, S; Lythgoe, MF; (2015) Quantification of light attenuation in optically cleared mouse brains. Journal of Biomedical Optics , 20 (8) , Article 80503. 10.1117/1.JBO.20.8.080503. Green open access

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Abstract

Optical clearing, in combination with recently developed optical imaging techniques, enables visualization and acquisition of high-resolution, three-dimensional images of biological structures deep within the tissue. Many different approaches can be used to reduce light absorption and scattering within the tissue, but there is a paucity of research on the quantification of clearing efficacy. With the use of a custom-made spectroscopy system, we developed a way to quantify the quality of clearing in biological tissue and applied it to the mouse brain. Three clearing techniques were compared: BABB (1:2 mixture of benzyl alcohol and benzyl benzoate, also known as Murray’s clear), pBABB (peroxide BABB, a modification of BABB which includes the use of hydrogen peroxide), and passive CLARITY. We found that BABB and pBABB produced the highest degree of optical clearing. Furthermore, the approach allows regional measurement of light attenuation to be performed, and our results show that light is most attenuated in regions with high lipid content. We provide a way to choose between the multiple clearing protocols available, and it could prove useful for evaluating images that are acquired with cleared tissues.

Type: Article
Title: Quantification of light attenuation in optically cleared mouse brains
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.8.080503
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.8.080503
Language: English
Additional information: © The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in partrequires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI. [DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.8.080503]
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Imaging
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Experimental and Translational Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473306
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