title: In vivo validation of free-space fluorescence tomography using nuclear imaging.
abstract: The performance of small animal photonic imaging has been considerably improved since the development of fluorescence diffuse optical tomography (fDOT), which can reconstruct fluorescent probe distribution inside tissue. However, the quantification capabilities of this new technology are still a topic of debate, especially in comparison to classical nuclear imaging techniques. Here, we present a method to in vivo calibrate the quantity and localization of a probe provided by free-space fDOT (where no plate is compressing the mouse) with positron emission tomography (PET) and x-ray computed tomography, respectively. This methodology allowed us to demonstrate a strong linear correlation (R(2)=0.95) between fDOT and PET for probe concentrations ranging from 3 nM to 1 μM in a deep-seated organ.
authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale (I2BM), Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (SHFJ), 4 place du Général Leclerc, 91401, Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Anikitos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garofalakis
authors.forename: Albertine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuhnast
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mackiewicz
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dollé
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tavitian
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ducongé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D051379:Mice; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D041622:Tomography, Optical / Q000379:methods*