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ArticleScientific reports2022

Label-free complete absorption microscopy using second generation photoacoustic remote sensing.

Benjamin R Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Sarah Sparkes, Deepak Dinakaran, John R Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza

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Article in Scientific reports, 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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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin R EcclestonePhotoMedicine Labs, Department of System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Kevan BellPhotoMedicine Labs, Department of System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Sarah SparkesPhotoMedicine Labs, Department of System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Deepak DinakaranDepartment of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, 116 St & 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2V1, Canada.
John R MackeyDepartment of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, 116 St & 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2V1, Canada.
Parsin Haji RezaPhotoMedicine Labs, Department of System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. phajireza@uwaterloo.ca.
Illumisonics (Canada) · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Waterloo · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past decades, absorption modalities have emerged as powerful tools for label-free functional and structural imaging of cells and tissues. Many biomolecules present unique absorption spectra providing chromophore-specific information on properties such as chemical bonding, and sample composition. As chromophores absorb photons the absorbed energy is emitted as photons (radiative relaxation) or converted to heat and under specific conditions pressure (non-radiative relaxation). Modalities like fluorescence microscopy may capture radiative relaxation to provide contrast, while modalities like photoacoustic microscopy may leverage non-radiative heat and pressures. Here we show an all-optical non-contact total-absorption photoacoustic remote sensing (TA-PARS) microscope, which can capture both radiative and non-radiative absorption effects in a single acquisition. The TA-PARS yields an absorption metric proposed as the quantum efficiency ratio (QER), which visualizes a biomolecule's proportional radiative and non-radiative absorption response. The TA-PARS provides label-free visualization of a range of biomolecules enabling convincing analogues to traditional histochemical staining of tissues, effectively providing label-free Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E)-like visualizations. These findings establish an effective all-optical non-contact total-absorption microscope for label-free inspection of biological materials.

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Photoacoustic TechniquesEosine Yellowish-(YS)HematoxylinMicroscopy, FluorescenceRemote Sensing TechnologyEosine Yellowish-(YS)Hematoxylin

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PMID35589763
PMCPMC9120477
OpenAlexW4280523981

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