title: Optical fine-needle imaging biopsy of the brain.
abstract: We demonstrate optical fine-needle imaging biopsy (FNIB), combining a fine needle (22 gauge) and a high-resolution side-view probe (350-μm diameter) for minimally invasive interrogation of brain tissue in situ. We apply this technique to examine pathogenesis in murine models of neurodegeneration, brain metastasis of melanoma, and arterial occlusion, respectively. The demonstrated ability to obtain cellular images in the deep brain without craniotomy may be useful in the longitudinal studies of brain diseases.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA ; WCU Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, South Korea ; Equal Contribution.
authors.forename: Jun Ki
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA ; Currently with the Department of Dental Pharmacology and Institute of Biomaterials-Implant, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, South Korea ; Equal Contribution.
authors.forename: Jin Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA ; WCU Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seok H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yun
keywords: (170.2150) Endoscopic imaging; (180.1790) Confocal microscopy; (180.2520) Fluorescence microscopy