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Table 3 Other methods for bone tissue visualization in intravital multiphoton imaging

From: Intravital imaging of orthotopic and ectopic bone

Target molecule/protein

Visualization (color)

Target tissue

Report

(development)

Report

(intravital imaging)

Noncentrosymmetric molecular organization (collagen etc.)

SHG (blue, etc.*)

Bone etc.

Freund et al. Biophys J (1986) [23].

Hashimoto et al. Sci Rep. (2020) [15].

Villa et al. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. (2013) [19].

Ca2+

Alizarin (red)

Bone (mineral)

O’Brien et al. J Biomech. (2002) [26].

Hashimoto et al. Sci Rep. (2020) [15]. Villa et al. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. (2013) [19].

  1. SHG second harmonic generation
  2. *Color changes based on the wavelength of incidental laser