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ArticleNature communications2022

Focus image scanning microscopy for sharp and gentle super-resolved microscopy.

Giorgio Tortarolo, Alessandro Zunino, Francesco Fersini, Marco Castello, Simonluca Piazza, Colin J R Sheppard, Paolo Bianchini, Alberto Diaspro, Sami Koho, Giuseppe Vicidomini

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Giorgio Tortarolo *Molecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Alessandro Zunino *Molecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2512-8751
Francesco FersiniMolecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1534-5274
Marco CastelloMolecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Simonluca PiazzaMolecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Colin J R SheppardNanoscopy & NIC@IIT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0792-4607
Paolo BianchiniNanoscopy & NIC@IIT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6457-751X
Alberto DiasproNanoscopy & NIC@IIT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4916-5928
Sami KohoMolecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Giuseppe VicidominiMolecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy. giuseppe.vicidomini@iit.it.ORCID 0000-0002-3085-730X
Italian Institute of Technology · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, the feasibility of super-resolution microscopy for imaging live and thick samples is still limited. Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy requires high-intensity illumination to achieve sub-diffraction resolution, potentially introducing photodamage to live specimens. Moreover, the out-of-focus background may degrade the signal stemming from the focal plane. Here, we propose a new method to mitigate these limitations without drawbacks. First, we enhance a STED microscope with a detector array, enabling image scanning microscopy (ISM). Therefore, we implement STED-ISM, a method that exploits the working principle of ISM to reduce the depletion intensity and achieve a target resolution. Later, we develop Focus-ISM, a strategy to improve the optical sectioning and remove the background of any ISM-based imaging technique, with or without a STED beam. The proposed approach requires minimal architectural changes to a conventional microscope but provides substantial advantages for live and thick sample imaging.

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Microscopy, FluorescenceMicroscopy, Confocal

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PMID36513680
PMCPMC9747786
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