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In Vivo Measurement of Age-Related Stiffening in the Crystalline Lens by Brillouin Optical Microscopy

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dc.contributor Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
dc.contributor Yun, Seok Hyun (Andy)
dc.creator Scarcelli, Giuliano
dc.creator Kim, Pilhan
dc.creator Yun, Seok Hyun (Andy)
dc.date 2014-12-10T19:43:23Z
dc.date 2014-12-10T19:43:23Z
dc.date 2011-09
dc.date 2011-03
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:08:16Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:08:16Z
dc.identifier 00063495
dc.identifier 1542-0086
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92262
dc.identifier Scarcelli, Giuliano, Pilhan Kim, and Seok Hyun Yun. “In Vivo Measurement of Age-Related Stiffening in the Crystalline Lens by Brillouin Optical Microscopy.” Biophysical Journal 101, no. 6 (September 2011): 1539–1545. © 2011 Biophysical Society
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dc.description The biophysical and biomechanical properties of the crystalline lens (e.g., viscoelasticity) have long been implicated in accommodation and vision problems, such as presbyopia and cataracts. However, it has been difficult to measure such parameters noninvasively. Here, we used in vivo Brillouin optical microscopy to characterize material acoustic properties at GHz frequency and measure the longitudinal elastic moduli of lenses. We obtained three-dimensional elasticity maps of the lenses in live mice, which showed biomechanical heterogeneity in the cortex and nucleus of the lens with high spatial resolution. An in vivo longitudinal study of mice over a period of 2 months revealed a marked age-related stiffening of the lens nucleus. We found remarkably good correlation (log-log linear) between the Brillouin elastic modulus and the Young's modulus measured by conventional mechanical techniques at low frequencies (∼1 Hz). Our results suggest that Brillouin microscopy is potentially useful for basic and animal research and clinical ophthalmology.
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant R21EB008472)
dc.description United States. Dept. of Defense (Grant FA9550-04-1-0079)
dc.description National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant CBET-0853773)
dc.description CIMIT: Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology
dc.description Milton Foundation
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dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.008
dc.relation Biophysical Journal
dc.rights Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
dc.source Elsevier
dc.title In Vivo Measurement of Age-Related Stiffening in the Crystalline Lens by Brillouin Optical Microscopy
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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