Figure 5
From: In vivo and ex vivo virtual biopsy of the liver with near-infrared, reflectance confocal microscopy
Vascular structures of rat liver ex vivo with near-infrared, reflectance confocal microscopy. Throughout the ischemic period, sinusoids tend to collapse and individualization of hepatic plates becomes difficult (compare (a) from an early ischemic period, to (b) of a later ischemic period). Hepatic plates ex vivo exhibit a moderate refractivity, occasionally displaying a hyper-refractile apical border (a, arrow). Sinusoidal spaces are a-refractile (a, discontinued lines). Greater sinusoids and branches of major vessels are readily observed as hyporefractile spaces giving branches that may be tracked (c and d, arrows). Scale bar represents 100 μm.
