Photoacoustic Imaging for Non-Invasive Assessment of Physiological Biomarkers of Intestinal Injury in Experimental Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

Jared A WeisJessica L RauhMaryssa A EllisonNildris Cruz-DiazLiliya M YamaleyevaCherrie D WelchKristen A ZellerVictoria G Weis

Published in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2023)

This study presents PAI as a successful emerging diagnostic imaging modality for both intestinal tissue oxygenation and intestinal motility disease hallmarks in a rat NEC model. PAI presents enormous significance and potential for fundamentally changing current clinical paradigms for detecting and monitoring intestinal pathologies in the premature infant.

Keyphrases

high resolution
oxidative stress
escherichia coli
risk assessment
preterm infants
biofilm formation
cystic fibrosis
low birth weight