title: Strategies to minimize background autofluorescence in live mice during noninvasive fluorescence optical imaging.
abstract: As small-animal fluorescence imaging becomes increasingly accessible to a broad spectrum of users, many lab animal researchers are just beginning to be exposed to its challenges. One setback to fluorescence imaging is background autofluorescence generated in animal tissue and in ingested food. The authors bring this issue into focus, and show how autofluorescence can be reduced in nude mice through selection of appropriate excitation wavelength and mouse diet.
authors.affiliation: In Vivo Molecular Imaging Lab, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY 12309, USA. bhaumik@research.ge.com
authors.forename: Srabani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhaumik
authors.forename: Jeannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DePuy
authors.forename: June
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klimash
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D016477:Artifacts; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D005526:Food, Formulated; D007756:Laboratory Animal Science / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D036641:Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / Q000379:methods*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*