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ArticleBiomedical optics express2019

Contrast improvement in two-photon microscopy with instantaneous differential aberration imaging.

Sheng Xiao, Jerome Mertz

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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2 authors.

Sheng XiaoDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University, 8 Saint Mary's St., Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA.
Jerome MertzDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 44 Cummington Mall, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA.

Funding

High dynamic range multiphoton microscopy for large-scale imagingR21EY027549 · NEI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI DAVISON, IAN GORDON, MERTZ, JEROME · 2016 to 2018
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NEI NIH HHS R21 EY027549
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two-photon microscopy (TPM) has been widely used for thick tissue imaging. However, its penetration depth is fundamentally limited by the loss of signal contrast. Differential aberration imaging (DAI) can reject out-of-focus fluorescence in TPM by subtracting an aberrated image from an unaberrated one. This technique is simple and effective but compromises imaging speed because two images must be taken sequentially. Here we report a new strategy for two-photon DAI based on near-instantaneous temporal multiplexing, enabling high-speed imaging with pixel rates limited only by fluorescence lifetime and laser repetition rate. Our technique can be implemented with standard two-photon microscopes since it does not require active optical elements and it is based on a synchronized sampling strategy that does not require specialized hardware. We demonstrate and characterize the resultant contrast improvement when imaging fluorescently-labeled mouse brain at video-rate.

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PMID31143499
PMCPMC6524596

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