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THE USE OF HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND IMAGING TO DETECT AND MONITOR THE PROCESS OF APOPTOSIS IN LIVING TISSUES, EX-VIVO TISSUES AND CELL-CULTURE
THE USE OF HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND IMAGING TO DETECT AND MONITOR THE PROCESS OF APOPTOSIS IN LIVING TISSUES, EX-VIVO TISSUES AND CELL-CULTURE
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机译:高频超声成像在活组织,离体组织和细胞培养中检测和监测细胞凋亡的过程
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A non-invasive method of monitoring apoptosis in cell culture, ex-vivo tissu es and in-vivo tissues using high frequency ultrasound imaging is provided. The method includes the steps of: 1) imaging a selected site of the cell culture or tissues using high frequency (above 20 MHz) ultrasound imaging (before image); 2) exposing the selected site to an apoptosis-inducing stress; 3) imaging the selected site or a portion thereof, using ultrasound imaging at subsequent timed intervals (after image(s)); 4) measuring the signal amplitu de of a region of interest of the selected site in the before and after images; 5) comparing the signal amplitude measurements for the regions of interest i n the before and after images and determining whether the after image regions exhibit an increase in amplitude as compared to the before image regions whi ch is an indication that apoptosis has begun; and 6) measuring the change in th e frequency spectrum of the radiofrequency ultrasound backscatter signal in th e region of interest in the before and after images and confirming that apoptosis has begun when the slope of the frequency spectrum has increased. /SDOAB
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