Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41282567›Full record

ArticleAPL photonics2025

On the importance of simultaneous label-free multimodal nonlinear optical imaging for biomedical applications.

Alejandro De la Cadena, Jaena Park, Jindou Shi, Stephen A Boppart

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in APL photonics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Investigating Cellular Magnetic Bioeffects Using Two-Channel, Two-Photon Autofluorescence Lifetime Microscopy.IEEE transactions on molecular, biological, and multi-scale communications · 2026
    Article
  4. Unified Vibrational and Multiphoton Label-Free Nonlinear Microscopy for Simultaneous Chemical and Structural Imaging.IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics : a publication of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alejandro De la CadenaBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8951-972X

Funding

The Center for Label-free Imagingand Multiscale Biophotonics (CLIMB)P41EB031772 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Stephen A Boppart · 2022 to 2026
$7.6M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB031772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Label-free nonlinear microscopy offers a powerful tool for the biomedical sciences. It enables investigations of cells and tissues using signals that emerge from endogenous biomolecules and microstructures to derive contrast, thereby preserving the physiological viability and functionality of specimens. Today, the most advanced label-free nonlinear microscopes are multimodal imaging platforms that capitalize on the heterogeneity of biological specimens, capturing not one but many nonlinear signals. Thus, label-free multimodal nonlinear imaging attains a contrast palette with complementary signals, delivering data-rich images that not only allow spatial unmixing and quantification of biochemical species but also unleash the power of correlation analyses and artificial intelligence to extract further information from specimens. In this Perspective, we recap the nonlinear contrast palette and compare the two technological strategies often used to acquire multimodal nonlinear images: a sequential approach vs a simultaneous approach. We then present their strengths and weaknesses and discuss emerging computational strategies that enhance the interpretability of multimodal data.

Identifiers

PMID41282567
PMCPMC12632184

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.