Molecular imaging of melanin distribution in vivo and quantitative differential diagnosis of human pigmented lesions using label-free harmonic generation biopsy (Conference Presentation)

Chi-Kuang Sun; Ming-Liang Wei; Yu-Hsiang Su; Wei-Hung Weng M.D.; Yi-Hua Liao

doi:10.1117/12.2256340

24 April 2017 Molecular imaging of melanin distribution in vivo and quantitative differential diagnosis of human pigmented lesions using label-free harmonic generation biopsy (Conference Presentation)

Chi-Kuang Sun, Ming-Liang Wei, Yu-Hsiang Su, Wei-Hung Weng M.D., Yi-Hua Liao

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Proceedings Volume 10069, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII; 1006905 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256340
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Harmonic generation microscopy is a noninvasive repetitive imaging technique that provides real-time 3D microscopic images of human skin with a sub-femtoliter resolution and high penetration down to the reticular dermis. In this talk, we show that with a strong resonance effect, the third-harmonic-generation (THG) modality provides enhanced contrast on melanin and allows not only differential diagnosis of various pigmented skin lesions but also quantitative imaging for longterm tracking. This unique capability makes THG microscopy the only label-free technique capable of identifying the active melanocytes in human skin and to image their different dendriticity patterns. In this talk, we will review our recent efforts to in vivo image melanin distribution and quantitatively diagnose pigmented skin lesions using label-free harmonic generation biopsy. This talk will first cover the spectroscopic study on the melanin enhanced THG effect in human cells and the calibration strategy inside human skin for quantitative imaging. We will then review our recent clinical trials including: differential diagnosis capability study on pigmented skin tumors; as well as quantitative virtual biopsy study on pre- and post- treatment evaluation on melasma and solar lentigo. Our study indicates the unmatched capability of harmonic generation microscopy to perform virtual biopsy for noninvasive histopathological diagnosis of various pigmented skin tumors, as well as its unsurpassed capability to noninvasively reveal the pathological origin of different hyperpigmentary diseases on human face as well as to monitor the efficacy of laser depigmentation treatments. This work is sponsored by National Health Research Institutes.

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Chi-Kuang Sun, Ming-Liang Wei, Yu-Hsiang Su, Wei-Hung Weng M.D., and Yi-Hua Liao "Molecular imaging of melanin distribution in vivo and quantitative differential diagnosis of human pigmented lesions using label-free harmonic generation biopsy (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10069, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII, 1006905 (24 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256340

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