MultiFocus Polarization Microscope (MF-PolScope) for 3D polarization imaging of up to 25 focal planes simultaneously.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_62BC5C87F206
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
MultiFocus Polarization Microscope (MF-PolScope) for 3D polarization imaging of up to 25 focal planes simultaneously.
Journal
Optics express
ISSN
1094-4087 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1094-4087
Publication state
Published
Issued date
23/03/2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
23
Number
6
Pages
7734-7754
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We have developed an imaging system for 3D time-lapse polarization microscopy of living biological samples. Polarization imaging reveals the position, alignment and orientation of submicroscopic features in label-free as well as fluorescently labeled specimens. Optical anisotropies are calculated from a series of images where the sample is illuminated by light of different polarization states. Due to the number of images necessary to collect both multiple polarization states and multiple focal planes, 3D polarization imaging is most often prohibitively slow. Our MF-PolScope system employs multifocus optics to form an instantaneous 3D image of up to 25 simultaneous focal-planes. We describe this optical system and show examples of 3D multi-focus polarization imaging of biological samples, including a protein assembly study in budding yeast cells.
Keywords
Animals, Caenorhabditis elegans/cytology, Caenorhabditis elegans/embryology, Escherichia coli/cytology, Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism, Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Polarization/methods, Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology, Time-Lapse Imaging
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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