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Developmental Biology
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive imaging technique. Given its imaging field of view of 1-10 mm, and imaging resolution of 2-20 um, OCT has been used extensively in developmental biology research to study the embryological development of various organs and systems. On this page we show real-time in vivo cross-sectional imaging of an African Frog (Xenopus laevis) during its tadpole stage.
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| Figure 1. African frog tadpole. |
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The tadpole was optically scanned using the Thorlabs OCM1300SS OCT microscope system. Each individual image is 6 mm x 8 mm. The complete data set contains 640 x 640 x 512 pixels and is acquired in about 30 seconds. Optical scans were taken from the posterior to the anterior of the tadpole in 100 µm incremental steps, as shown in Figure 2. The internal organ structure of the tadpole can be clearly visualized.
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| Figure 2. 3D optical sectioning of the African frog tadpole. |
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