MICROASPIRATION-BASED LUNG WINDOW APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING MICROSCOPIC IMAGE OF IN VIVO LUNG TISSUE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMAGE USING SAME

Abstract

Disclosed are a microaspiration-based lung window apparatus for obtaining a microscopic image of in vivo lung tissue and a method for obtaining an image using same. The present invention provides a lung window apparatus comprising: an open window which has the upper part and lower part open, a cover glass placed over the upper part and lung tissue coming in contact with the lower part; an aspiration tube which extends from one side of the open window to an aspiration apparatus and enables the inside of the open window to be in a vacuum state; and a tilting mount placing unit which extends from one side of the open window and has placed thereon a tilting mount that enables the cover glass and an object lens of a confocal microscope system to stay parallel to each other. The present invention enables maintaining of physiological respiration and circulation of an animal without interference as well as stable acquisition of cell-level and molecular level microscopic images of in vivo lung tissue.