Laser speckle contrast imaging for monitoring of acute pancreatitis at ischemia–reperfusion injury of the pancreas in rats

Abstract

The influence of ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) action on pancreatic blood flow (PBF) and the development of acute pancreatitis (AP) in laboratory rats is evaluated in vivo by using the laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI). Additionally, the optical properties in norm and under condition of AP in rats were assessed using a modified integrating sphere spectrometer and inverse Monte Carlo (IMC) software. The results of the experimental study of microcirculation of the pancreas in 82 rats in the ischemic model are presented. The data obtained confirm the fact that local ischemia and changes in the blood flow velocity of the main vessels cause and provoke acute pancreatitis.

Keywords

• laser speckles
• contrast of speckle images
• adaptive algorithm
• microcirculation
• blood flow
• acute pancreatitis
• pancreas
• rats
• optical properties
• integrating sphere spectroscopy