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Liu R, Wen K, Li J, Ma Y, Zheng J, An S, Min J, Zalevsky Z, Yao B, Gao P. Multi-harmonic structured illumination-based optical diffraction tomography. APPLIED OPTICS 2023; 62:9199-9206. [PMID: 38108690 DOI: 10.1364/ao.508138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Imaging speed and spatial resolution are key factors in optical diffraction tomography (ODT), while they are mutually exclusive in 3D refractive index imaging. This paper presents a multi-harmonic structured illumination-based optical diffraction tomography (MHSI-ODT) to acquire 3D refractive index (RI) maps of transparent samples. MHSI-ODT utilizes a digital micromirror device (DMD) to generate structured illumination containing multiple harmonics. For each structured illumination orientation, four spherical spectral crowns are solved from five phase-shifted holograms, meaning that the acquisition of each spectral crown costs 1.25 raw images. Compared to conventional SI-ODT, which retrieves two spectral crowns from three phase-shifted raw images, MHSI-ODT enhances the imaging speed by 16.7% in 3D RI imaging. Meanwhile, MHSI-ODT exploits both the 1st-order and the 2nd-order harmonics; therefore, it has a better intensity utilization of structured illumination. We demonstrated the performance of MHSI-ODT by rendering the 3D RI distributions of 5 µm polystyrene (PS) microspheres and biological samples.
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Ma Y, Dai T, Lei Y, Zhang L, Ma L, Liu M, An S, Zheng J, Zhuo K, Kong L, Gao P. Panoramic quantitative phase imaging of adherent live cells in a microfluidic environment. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:5182-5198. [PMID: 37854568 PMCID: PMC10581813 DOI: 10.1364/boe.498602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Understanding how cells respond to external stimuli is crucial. However, there are a lack of inspection systems capable of simultaneously stimulating and imaging cells, especially in their natural states. This study presents a novel microfluidic stimulation and observation system equipped with flat-fielding quantitative phase contrast microscopy (FF-QPCM). This system allowed us to track the behavior of organelles in live cells experiencing controlled microfluidic stimulation. Using this innovative imaging platform, we successfully quantified the cellular response to shear stress including directional cellular shrinkage and mitochondrial distribution change in a label-free manner. Additionally, we detected and characterized the cellular response, particularly mitochondrial behavior, under varying fluidic conditions such as temperature and drug induction time. The proposed imaging platform is highly suitable for various microfluidic applications at the organelle level. We advocate that this platform will significantly facilitate life science research in microfluidic environments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ying Ma
- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Perception of Complex Environment, Ministry of Education, China
- Engineering Research Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Universities of Shaanxi Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology &National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for Dental Materials and Advanced Manufacture, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710000, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Perception of Complex Environment, Ministry of Education, China
- Engineering Research Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Universities of Shaanxi Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology &National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for Dental Materials and Advanced Manufacture, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710000, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Perception of Complex Environment, Ministry of Education, China
- Engineering Research Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Universities of Shaanxi Province, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Perception of Complex Environment, Ministry of Education, China
- Engineering Research Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Universities of Shaanxi Province, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Perception of Complex Environment, Ministry of Education, China
- Engineering Research Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Universities of Shaanxi Province, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Perception of Complex Environment, Ministry of Education, China
- Engineering Research Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Universities of Shaanxi Province, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Perception of Complex Environment, Ministry of Education, China
- Engineering Research Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Universities of Shaanxi Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology &National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for Dental Materials and Advanced Manufacture, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710000, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Perception of Complex Environment, Ministry of Education, China
- Engineering Research Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Universities of Shaanxi Province, China
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Wen K, Gao Z, Liu R, Fang X, Ma Y, Zheng J, An S, Kozacki T, Gao P. Structured illumination phase and fluorescence microscopy for bioimaging. APPLIED OPTICS 2023; 62:4871-4879. [PMID: 37707263 DOI: 10.1364/ao.486718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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This study presents a dual-modality microscopic imaging approach that combines quantitative phase microscopy and fluorescence microscopy based on structured illumination (SI) to provide structural and functional information for the same sample. As the first imaging modality, structured illumination digital holographic microscopy (SI-DHM) is implemented along the transmission beam path. SI-DHM acts as a label-free, noninvasive approach and provides high-contrast and quantitative phase images utilizing the refractive index contrast of the inner structures of samples against the background. As the second imaging modality, structured illumination (fluorescence) microscopy (SIM) is constructed along the reflection beam path. SIM utilizes fluorescent labeling and provides super-resolution images for specific functional structures of samples. We first experimentally demonstrated phase imaging of SI-DHM on rice leaves and fluorescence (SIM) imaging on mouse kidney sections. Then, we demonstrated dual-modality imaging of biological samples, using DHM to acquire the overall cell morphology and SIM to obtain specific functional structures. These results prove that the proposed technique is of great importance in biomedical studies, such as providing insight into cell physiology by visualizing and quantifying subcellular structures.
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Pan Y, Smith ZJ, Chu K. Image reconstruction for low cost spatial light interference microscopy with fixed and arbitrary phase modulation. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2023; 40:1155-1164. [PMID: 37706768 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.485557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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During the past decade, spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) has undergone rapid development, evidenced by its broadening applications in biology and medicine. However, the need for an expensive spatial light modulator (SLM) may limit its adoption, and the requirement for multiple images per plane limits its speed in volumetric imaging. Here we propose to address these issues by replacing the SLM with a mask fabricated from a low cost optical density (OD) filter, and recover high contrast images computationally rather than through phase-shifting. This is done using a specially constructed Wiener filter to recover the object scattering potential. A crucial part of the Wiener filter is estimating the arbitrary phase introduced by the OD filter. Our results demonstrate that not only were we able to estimate the OD filter's phase modulation in situ, but also the contrast of the reconstructed images is greatly improved. Comparisons with other related methods are also performed, with the conclusion that the combination of an inexpensive OD mask and modified Wiener filtering leads to results that are closest to the traditional SLIM setup. Thus, we have demonstrated the feasibility of a low cost, high speed SLIM system utilizing computational phase reconstruction, paving the way for wider adoption of high resolution phase microscopy.
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Ma Y, Dai T, Yu L, Ma L, An S, Wang Y, Liu M, Zheng J, Kong L, Zuo C, Gao P. Reflectional quantitative differential phase microscopy using polarized wavefront phase modulation. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023; 16:e202200325. [PMID: 36752421 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Quantitative phase microscopy (QPM), as a label-free and nondestructive technique, has been playing an indispensable tool in biomedical imaging and industrial inspection. Herein, we introduce a reflectional quantitative differential phase microscopy (termed RQDPM) based on polarized wavefront phase modulation and partially coherent full-aperture illumination, which has high spatial resolution and spatio-temporal phase sensitivity and is applicable to opaque surfaces and turbid biological specimens. RQDPM does not require additional polarized devices and can be easily switched from reflectional mode to transmission mode. In addition, RQDPM inherits the characteristic of high axial resolution of differential interference contrast microscope, thereby providing topography for opaque surfaces. We experimentally demonstrate the reflectional phase imaging ability of RQDPM with several samples: semiconductor wafer, thick biological tissues, red blood cells, and Hela cells. Furthermore, we dynamically monitor the flow state of microspheres in a self-built microfluidic channel by using RQDPM converted into the transmission mode.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ying Ma
- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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