We describe the adaptation of optical projection tomography (OPT)1 to imaging in the near infrared spectrum, and the implementation of a number of computational tools. These protocols enable assessments of pancreatic β-cell mass (BCM) in larger specimens, increase the multichannel capacity of the technique and increase the quality of OPT data.
Eriksson, A. U., Svensson, C., Hörnblad, A., Cheddad, A., Kostromina, E., Eriksson, M., Norlin, N., Pileggi, A., Sharpe, J., Georgsson, F., Alanentalo, T., Ahlgren, U. Near Infrared Optical Projection Tomography for Assessments of β-cell Mass Distribution in Diabetes Research. J. Vis. Exp. (71), e50238, doi:10.3791/50238 (2013).