Narrowband-auto fluorescence imaging for bone analysis

L. Fauch, A. Palander, H. Dekker, E.A.J.M. Schulten, A. Koistinen, A. Kullaa, M. Keinänen

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Abstract

We present a new autofluorescence-imaging method for bone analysis. This method, based on the autofluorescence of bone, provides color images in microscopic scale. The color images are created from three monochrome images acquired with optimal excitation- and emission-wavelengths combinations. The choice of these combinations were determined from the study of two-dimensional distributions of bone-features-bispectral autofluorescence in the visible- and ultraviolet-spectral range. We demonstrate that main-bone features visualized with MG-staining method can also be visualized in the autofluorescence-color image. Furthermore, the autofluorescence-color image presents features hardly distinguished in a histological-bone section.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2367-2382
Number of pages16
JournalBiomedical Optics Express
Volume10
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2019

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