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ArticleBiomedical optics express2016

Fast 3D visualization of endogenous brain signals with high-sensitivity laser scanning photothermal microscopy.

Jun Miyazaki, Tadatsune Iida, Shinji Tanaka, Akiko Hayashi-Takagi, Haruo Kasai, Shigeo Okabe, Takayoshi Kobayashi

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Label-Free Imaging of Lysosomes in Living Cells by Photothermal Microscopy.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jun MiyazakiAdvanced Ultrafast Laser Research Center, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan; JST, CREST, K' Gobancho, 7, Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan.
Tadatsune IidaDepartment of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Shinji TanakaDepartment of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Akiko Hayashi-TakagiDepartment of Structural Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Haruo KasaiJST, CREST, K' Gobancho, 7, Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan; Department of Structural Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Shigeo OkabeDepartment of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Takayoshi KobayashiAdvanced Ultrafast Laser Research Center, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan; JST, CREST, K' Gobancho, 7, Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan; Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0971, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A fast, high-sensitivity photothermal microscope was developed by implementing a spatially segmented balanced detection scheme into a laser scanning microscope. We confirmed a 4.9 times improvement in signal-to-noise ratio in the spatially segmented balanced detection compared with that of conventional detection. The system demonstrated simultaneous bi-modal photothermal and confocal fluorescence imaging of transgenic mouse brain tissue with a pixel dwell time of 20 μs. The fluorescence image visualized neurons expressing yellow fluorescence proteins, while the photothermal signal detected endogenous chromophores in the mouse brain, allowing 3D visualization of the distribution of various features such as blood cells and fine structures probably due to lipids. This imaging modality was constructed using compact and cost-effective laser diodes, and will thus be widely useful in the life and medical sciences.

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(170.6900) Three-dimensional microscopy(350.5340) Photothermal effects

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PMID27231615
PMCPMC4871075

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