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ArticleJournal of microscopy2022

Challenges and advances in optical 3D mesoscale imaging.

Sebastian Munck, Christopher Cawthorne, Abril Escamilla-Ayala, Axelle Kerstens, Sergio Gabarre, Katrina Wesencraft, Eliana Battistella, Rebecca Craig, Emmanuel G Reynaud, Jim Swoger and 1 more

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Article in Journal of microscopy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. In vivo three-dimensional brain imaging with chemiluminescence probes in Alzheimer's disease models.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Sebastian MunckVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Light Microscopy Expertise Unit & VIB BioImaging Core, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5182-5358
Christopher CawthorneMoSAIC-Molecular Small Animal Imaging Centre, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Abril Escamilla-AyalaVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Light Microscopy Expertise Unit & VIB BioImaging Core, Leuven, Belgium.
Axelle KerstensVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Light Microscopy Expertise Unit & VIB BioImaging Core, Leuven, Belgium.
Sergio GabarreVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Light Microscopy Expertise Unit & VIB BioImaging Core, Leuven, Belgium.
Katrina WesencraftDepartment of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Eliana BattistellaDepartment of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Rebecca CraigDepartment of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Emmanuel G ReynaudSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Belfield, Ireland.
Jim SwogerEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Gail McConnellDepartment of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7213-0686

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K015583/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical mesoscale imaging is a rapidly developing field that allows the visualisation of larger samples than is possible with standard light microscopy, and fills a gap between cell and organism resolution. It spans from advanced fluorescence imaging of micrometric cell clusters to centimetre-size complete organisms. However, with larger volume specimens, new problems arise. Imaging deeper into tissues at high resolution poses challenges ranging from optical distortions to shadowing from opaque structures. This manuscript discusses the latest developments in mesoscale imaging and highlights limitations, namely labelling, clearing, absorption, scattering, and also sample handling. We then focus on approaches that seek to turn mesoscale imaging into a more quantitative technique, analogous to quantitative tomography in medical imaging, highlighting a future role for digital and physical phantoms as well as artificial intelligence.

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Artificial IntelligenceImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopyOptical ImagingTomography3D imagingabsorptionclearinglight sheet microscopyMesolensmesoscaleoptical projection tomographyscattering

Identifiers

PMID35460574
PMCPMC9325079

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