The overall aim is development of noninvasive diffuse Raman tomographic methodology for evaluating the state of bone allografts in a rat model and other problems in bone repair and healing (i.e. microdamage). The applications advance concepts in two areas, including important therapeutic developments in bone graft biology, as well as in the realization of an entirely new type of imaging technology with chemically specific information. The project will consider the optical, biological, imaging, and data reduction aspects of the problem, and the new in vivo imaging technology will be used to study graft success or failure noninvasively. Phantoms with geometries defined by micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) data on rat hind limbs will be used to reproduce bone and overlying tissue geometry accurately. Phantoms will contain gelatin (matrix surrogate), hydroxyapatite (mineral surrogate), lipids, and light absorbing molecules to model both tissue optics and Raman spectra. These phantoms will be used to define and test fiber optic Raman probe geometry, and to assess such problems as motion artifacts. Our candidate Raman probe geometry is circumferential illumination and collection, but other geometries will be considered. Tomographic reconstruction software will be modified for use with low signal/noise ratio Raman data. A new maximum likelihood methodology will be developed for extraction of Raman spectra and calculation of Raman intensities from data sets of remitted Raman-scattered light. Raman band intensity ratios and multivariate statistical parameters will differentiate between newly modeled bone tissue of the rat and the spectroscopically similar allografts. Additional spatial information can be gained using other imaging modalities (MRI, micro-CT). Longitudinal studies in a rat model will be used to assess the ability of this technology to distinguish between allograft tissue and newly modeled bone tissue. Outcome Raman imaging measures of the allograft and microdamage experiments will be correlated with other biomechanical and histochemical techniques.

Public Health Relevance

Bone allografts, sterilized bone tissue from a cadaveric donor, are used as replacements for massive amounts of tissue removed in cases of osteosarcoma and other bone cancers. Because these grafts often fail to integrate into the healthy tissue, it is important to develop methods that can study the failure mechanisms and that can ultimately be used in human subjects for early evaluation of the success or failure of allografts or other bone repair procedures.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AR056646-03
Application #
8122308
Study Section
Biomedical Imaging Technology Study Section (BMIT)
Program Officer
Lester, Gayle E
Project Start
2009-09-30
Project End
2013-08-31
Budget Start
2011-09-01
Budget End
2012-08-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$486,885
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
073133571
City
Ann Arbor
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48109
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