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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2021

Recent innovations in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy for biology and medicine.

Rupsa Datta, Amani Gillette, Matthew Stefely, Melissa C Skala

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rupsa DattaMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Amani GilletteMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Matthew StefelyMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Melissa C SkalaMorgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Morgridge Institute for Research · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USZero to Three · US

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Christian Capitini · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
Radionuclide Production and Radiochemistry Core Description CoreP01CA250972 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BEDNARZ, BRYAN PATRICK · 2020 to 2024
$12.5M
Harnessing human brain and liver microphysiological systems for testing therapeutics for metastatic melanomaU01TR002383 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, WILLIAM L., TAYLOR, D. LANSING · 2018 to 2022
$7.6M
Optical imaging to predict cell-level genetic heterogeneity and treatment sensitivity in colorectal cancerR37CA226526 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DEMING, DUSTIN A · 2018 to 2024
$4.2M
Optical imaging of pancreas cancer organoids for drug development and personalized treatmentR01CA211082 · NCI · MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, INC. · PI SKALA, MELISSA CAROLINE · 2017 to 2021
$3.5M
(PQ7) Quantitative in vivo optical imaging of tumor heterogeneityR01CA205101 · NCI · MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, INC. · PI SKALA, MELISSA CAROLINE · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Single Cell Profiling To Define Biomarkers Of Photoreceptor Dysfunction After Gene Editing Within PSC-Derived OrganoidsU01EY032333 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GAMM, DAVID M, ROY, SUSHMITA · 2020 to 2022
$1.8M
Cellular-level Optical Metabolic Imaging to Predict Drug Response in CancerR01CA185747 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI SKALA, MELISSA CAROLINE · 2014 to 2019
$1.6M
3D biomimetic image-based stromal models of pancreatic cancer for drug screeningR21CA224280 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAMPAGNOLA, PAUL J, SKALA, MELISSA CAROLINE · 2018 to 2019
$373k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

significanceFluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) measures the decay rate of fluorophores, thus providing insights into molecular interactions. FLIM is a powerful molecular imaging technique that is widely used in biology and medicine.

aimThis perspective highlights some of the major advances in FLIM instrumentation, analysis, and biological and clinical applications that we have found impactful over the last year. APPROACH: Innovations in FLIM instrumentation resulted in faster acquisition speeds, rapid imaging over large fields of view, and integration with complementary modalities such as single-molecule microscopy or light-sheet microscopy. There were significant developments in FLIM analysis with machine learning approaches to enhance processing speeds, fit-free techniques to analyze images without a priori knowledge, and open-source analysis resources. The advantages and limitations of these recent instrumentation and analysis techniques are summarized. Finally, applications of FLIM in the last year include label-free imaging in biology, ophthalmology, and intraoperative imaging, FLIM of new fluorescent probes, and lifetime-based Förster resonance energy transfer measurements.

conclusionsA large number of high-quality publications over the last year signifies the growing interest in FLIM and ensures continued technological improvements and expanding applications in biomedical research.

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Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferFluorescent DyesBiologyMicroscopy, FluorescenceFluorescent Dyesfluorescence lifetimefluorescence lifetime imaging microscopyimage analysismicroscopyperspectives

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PMID34247457
PMCPMC8271181
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