abstract

• Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is a condition that may cause significant neurodevelopmental handicap in premature newborns. It is characterized by white matter injury, associated with inflammation. This work aimed to assess the impact of inflammation on cerebral oxygen saturation (sO2) using depth-sensitive photoacoustic tomography (PAT). The aspects of PVL were reproduced in a rodent model by injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into the corpus callosum. The results of this exploratory work reveal lower sO2 values in LPS group, as compared to sham controls; showing decreased values in the corpus callosum and in the left cortex, ipsilateral to the injection site. Inter-hemispherical connectivity was not affected by LPS injection, as shown by functional connectivity analysis. This study supports the use of PAT as a non-invasive tool to assess oxygenation values in vivo in the newborn brain. © 2014 SPIE.

authors

• Guevara Codina Edgar
• Lesage F.

publication date

• 2014-01-01

published in

• Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering  Proceedings

keywords

• Brain damage; Corpus callosum; Inflammation; Neuroimaging; Photoacoustic imaging Neuroimaging; Pathology; Brain damage; Cerebral oxygen saturation; Corpus callosum; Functional connectivity; Inflammation; Periventricular leukomalacia; Photo-acoustic imaging; Photoacoustic tomography; Photoacoustic effect

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1117/12.2073720

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volume

• 9288

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