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ArticleJournal of biophotonics2018

Dual light-emitting diode-based multichannel microscopy for whole-slide multiplane, multispectral and phase imaging.

Jun Liao, Zhe Wang, Zibang Zhang, Zichao Bian, Kaikai Guo, Aparna Nambiar, Yutong Jiang, Shaowei Jiang, Jingang Zhong, Michael Choma and 1 more

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Article in Journal of biophotonics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jun LiaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Zhe WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Zibang ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Zichao BianDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Kaikai GuoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Aparna NambiarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Yutong JiangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Shaowei JiangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Jingang ZhongDepartment of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Michael ChomaDepartment of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Applied Physics, and Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Guoan ZhengDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.ORCID 0000-0002-4268-2690

Funding

Quantitative optical imaging of cilia-driven fluid flowR01HL118419 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KHOKHA, MUSTAFA K · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
Development of a new light source for parallel optical coherence tomographR21EB016163 · NIBIB · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CAO, HUI, CHOMA, MICHAEL ANDREW · 2013 to 2014
$435k
Fourier Ptychographic EndoscopyR21EB022378 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI LIANG, RONGGUANG, ZHENG, GUOAN · 2016 to 2017
$419k
Massively parallel interferometric confocal microscopy using degenerate lasersR21HL125125 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CAO, HUI, CHOMA, MICHAEL ANDREW · 2014 to 2015
$406k
Fluorescence ptychographic microscopy for 4D live-cell imaging with high-spatiotemporal resolution and reduced phototoxicityR03EB022144 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI ZHENG, GUOAN · 2016 to 2017
$148k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118419NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL125125NIBIB NIH HHS R03 EB022144NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB016163NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB022378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the development of a multichannel microscopy for whole-slide multiplane, multispectral and phase imaging. We use trinocular heads to split the beam path into 6 independent channels and employ a camera array for parallel data acquisition, achieving a maximum data throughput of approximately 1 gigapixel per second. To perform single-frame rapid autofocusing, we place 2 near-infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at the back focal plane of the condenser lens to illuminate the sample from 2 different incident angles. A hot mirror is used to direct the near-infrared light to an autofocusing camera. For multiplane whole-slide imaging (WSI), we acquire 6 different focal planes of a thick specimen simultaneously. For multispectral WSI, we relay the 6 independent image planes to the same focal position and simultaneously acquire information at 6 spectral bands. For whole-slide phase imaging, we acquire images at 3 focal positions simultaneously and use the transport-of-intensity equation to recover the phase information. We also provide an open-source design to further increase the number of channels from 6 to 15. The reported platform provides a simple solution for multiplexed fluorescence imaging and multimodal WSI. Acquiring an instant focal stack without z-scanning may also enable fast 3-dimensional dynamic tracking of various biological samples.

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SemiconductorsEquipment DesignImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMicroscopyautofocusingmultiplane imagingmultispectral imagingtransport of intensitywhole-slide imaging

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PMID28700137
PMCPMC5766431

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