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Computational Portable Microscopes for Point-of-Care-Test and Tele-Diagnosis. Cells 2022; 11:cells11223670. [PMID: 36429102 PMCID: PMC9688637 DOI: 10.3390/cells11223670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In bio-medical mobile workstations, e.g., the prevention of epidemic viruses/bacteria, outdoor field medical treatment and bio-chemical pollution monitoring, the conventional bench-top microscopic imaging equipment is limited. The comprehensive multi-mode (bright/dark field imaging, fluorescence excitation imaging, polarized light imaging, and differential interference microscopy imaging, etc.) biomedical microscopy imaging systems are generally large in size and expensive. They also require professional operation, which means high labor-cost, money-cost and time-cost. These characteristics prevent them from being applied in bio-medical mobile workstations. The bio-medical mobile workstations need microscopy systems which are inexpensive and able to handle fast, timely and large-scale deployment. The development of lightweight, low-cost and portable microscopic imaging devices can meet these demands. Presently, for the increasing needs of point-of-care-test and tele-diagnosis, high-performance computational portable microscopes are widely developed. Bluetooth modules, WLAN modules and 3G/4G/5G modules generally feature very small sizes and low prices. And industrial imaging lens, microscopy objective lens, and CMOS/CCD photoelectric image sensors are also available in small sizes and at low prices. Here we review and discuss these typical computational, portable and low-cost microscopes by refined specifications and schematics, from the aspect of optics, electronic, algorithms principle and typical bio-medical applications.
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Soheilmoghaddam F, Rumble M, Cooper-White J. High-Throughput Routes to Biomaterials Discovery. Chem Rev 2021; 121:10792-10864. [PMID: 34213880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Many existing clinical treatments are limited in their ability to completely restore decreased or lost tissue and organ function, an unenviable situation only further exacerbated by a globally aging population. As a result, the demand for new medical interventions has increased substantially over the past 20 years, with the burgeoning fields of gene therapy, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine showing promise to offer solutions for full repair or replacement of damaged or aging tissues. Success in these fields, however, inherently relies on biomaterials that are engendered with the ability to provide the necessary biological cues mimicking native extracellular matrixes that support cell fate. Accelerating the development of such "directive" biomaterials requires a shift in current design practices toward those that enable rapid synthesis and characterization of polymeric materials and the coupling of these processes with techniques that enable similarly rapid quantification and optimization of the interactions between these new material systems and target cells and tissues. This manuscript reviews recent advances in combinatorial and high-throughput (HT) technologies applied to polymeric biomaterial synthesis, fabrication, and chemical, physical, and biological screening with targeted end-point applications in the fields of gene therapy, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Limitations of, and future opportunities for, the further application of these research tools and methodologies are also discussed.
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- Farhad Soheilmoghaddam
- Tissue Engineering and Microfluidics Laboratory (TEaM), Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072.,School of Chemical Engineering, University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072
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- Tissue Engineering and Microfluidics Laboratory (TEaM), Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072.,School of Chemical Engineering, University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072
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- Tissue Engineering and Microfluidics Laboratory (TEaM), Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072.,School of Chemical Engineering, University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072
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Li Y, Liu X, Huang Q, Ohta AT, Arai T. Bubbles in microfluidics: an all-purpose tool for micromanipulation. LAB ON A CHIP 2021; 21:1016-1035. [PMID: 33538756 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc01173h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In recent decades, the integration of microfluidic devices and multiple actuation technologies at the microscale has greatly contributed to the progress of related fields. In particular, microbubbles are playing an increasingly important role in microfluidics because of their unique characteristics that lead to specific responses to different energy sources and gas-liquid interactions. Many effective and functional bubble-based micromanipulation strategies have been developed and improved, enabling various non-invasive, selective, and precise operations at the microscale. This review begins with a brief introduction of the morphological characteristics and formation of microbubbles. The theoretical foundations and working mechanisms of typical micromanipulations based on acoustic, thermodynamic, and chemical microbubbles in fluids are described. We critically review the extensive applications and the frontline advances of bubbles in microfluidics, including microflow patterns, position and orientation control, biomedical applications, and development of bubble-based microrobots. We lastly present an outlook to provide directions for the design and application of microbubble-based micromanipulation tools and attract the attention of relevant researchers to the enormous potential of microbubbles in microfluidics.
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- Yuyang Li
- Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Control and Decision of Complex System, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
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Zhou Y, Xiong B, Li X, Dai Q, Cao X. Lensless imaging of plant samples using the cross-polarized light. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:31611-31623. [PMID: 33115131 DOI: 10.1364/oe.402288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lensless imaging has recently become an alternative and cost-effective choice for many macro and micro applications, like wave-front sensing, fluorescence imaging, holographic microscopy, and so on. However, the polarized imaging, especially the cross-polarized light, has rarely been explored and integrated in lensless imaging methods. In this paper, we introduce the cross-polarized illumination into the lensless system for high-contrast and background-free imaging of plant samples. We capture a snapshot measurement and apply the blind deconvolution for reconstruction, obtaining the depolarized imaging of plant samples. Experiments exhibit the specific and sparse structures of the root system and vessel distribution of samples. We also build a corresponding lens-based system for performance comparison. This proposed lensless system is believed to have the potential in studies on the root development and water transport mechanism of plants in the future.
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Kumar S, Gunaseelan M, Vaippully R, Kumar A, Ajith M, Vaidya G, Dutta S, Roy B. Pitch-rotational manipulation of single cells and particles using single-beam thermo-optical tweezers. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 11:3555-3566. [PMID: 33014551 PMCID: PMC7510922 DOI: 10.1364/boe.392901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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3D pitch rotation of microparticles and cells assumes importance in a wide variety of applications in biology, physics, chemistry and medicine. Applications such as cell imaging and injection benefit from pitch-rotational manipulation. Generation of such motion in single beam optical tweezers has remained elusive due to the complexities of generating high enough ellipticity perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Further, trapping a perfectly spherical object at two locations and subsequent pitch rotation hasn't yet been demonstrated to be possible. Here, we use hexagonal-shaped upconverting particles and single cells trapped close to a gold-coated glass cover slip in a sample chamber to generate complete 360 degree and continuous pitch motion even with a single optical tweezer beam. The tweezers beam passing through the gold surface is partially absorbed and generates a hot-spot to produce circulatory convective flows in the vicinity which rotates the objects. The rotation rate can be controlled by the intensity of the laser light. Thus such a simple configuration can turn the particle in the pitch sense. The circulatory flows in this technique have a diameter of about 5 μm which is smaller than those reported using acousto-fluidic techniques.
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- Sumeet Kumar
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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Kuo G, Linda Liu F, Grossrubatscher I, Ng R, Waller L. On-chip fluorescence microscopy with a random microlens diffuser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:8384-8399. [PMID: 32225465 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We present an on-chip, widefield fluorescence microscope, which consists of a diffuser placed a few millimeters away from a traditional image sensor. The diffuser replaces the optics of a microscope, resulting in a compact and easy-to-assemble system with a practical working distance of over 1.5 mm. Furthermore, the diffuser encodes volumetric information, enabling refocusability in post-processing and three-dimensional (3D) imaging of sparse samples from a single acquisition. Reconstruction of images from the raw data requires a precise model of the system, so we introduce a practical calibration scheme and a physics-based forward model to efficiently account for the spatially-varying point spread function (PSF). To improve performance in low-light, we propose a random microlens diffuser, which consists of many small lenslets randomly placed on the mask surface and yields PSFs that are robust to noise. We build an experimental prototype and demonstrate our system on both planar and 3D samples.
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Super-Resolution Lensless Imaging of Cells Using Brownian Motion. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9102080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The lensless imaging technique, which integrates a microscope into a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) digital image sensor, has become increasingly important for the miniaturization of biological microscope and cell detection equipment. However, limited by the pixel size of the CMOS image sensor (CIS), the resolution of a cell image without optical amplification is low. This is also a key defect with the lensless imaging technique, which has been studied by a many scholars. In this manuscript, we propose a method to improve the resolution of the cell images using the Brownian motion of living cells in liquid. A two-step algorithm of motion estimation for image registration is proposed. Then, the raw holographic images are reconstructed using normalized convolution super-resolution algorithm. The result shows that the effect of the collected cell image under the lensless imaging system is close to the effect of a 10× objective lens.
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de Kernier I, Ali-Cherif A, Rongeat N, Cioni O, Morales S, Savatier J, Monneret S, Blandin P. Large field-of-view phase and fluorescence mesoscope with microscopic resolution. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2019; 24:1-9. [PMID: 30852855 PMCID: PMC6975188 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.24.3.036501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Phase and fluorescence are complementary contrasts that are commonly used in biology. However, the coupling of these two modalities is traditionally limited to high magnification and complex imaging systems. For statistical studies of biological populations, a large field-of-view is required. We describe a 30 mm2 field-of-view dual-modality mesoscope with a 4-μm resolution. The potential of the system to address biological questions is illustrated on white blood cell numeration in whole blood and multiwavelength imaging of the human osteosarcoma (U2-OS) cells.
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- Isaure de Kernier
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, Grenoble, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, Grenoble, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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Alam MK, Koomson E, Zou H, Yi C, Li CW, Xu T, Yang M. Recent advances in microfluidic technology for manipulation and analysis of biological cells (2007–2017). Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1044:29-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Sasagawa K, Kimura A, Haruta M, Noda T, Tokuda T, Ohta J. Highly sensitive lens-free fluorescence imaging device enabled by a complementary combination of interference and absorption filters. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:4329-4344. [PMID: 30615707 PMCID: PMC6157770 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.004329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We report a lens-free fluorescence imaging device using a composite filter composed of an interference filter and an absorption filter, each applied to one side of a fiber optic plate (FOP). The transmission of angled excitation light through the interference filter is absorbed by the absorption filter. The auto-fluorescence of the absorption filter is reduced by the reflection from the interference filter of normally incident excitation light. As a result, high-performance rejection of excitation light is achieved in a lens-free device. The FOP provides a flat, hard imaging device surface that does not degrade the spatial resolution. We demonstrate excitation rejection of approximately 108:1 at a wavelength of 450 nm in a fabricated lens-free device. The resolution of fluorescence imaging is approximately 12 µm. Time-lapse imaging of cells containing green fluorescent protein was performed in a 5-µm thin-film chamber. The small dimensions of the device allow observation of cell culturing in a CO2 incubator. We also demonstrate that the proposed lens-free filter is compatible with super-resolution bright-field imaging techniques. These features open a way to develop a high-performance, dual-mode, lens-free imaging device that is expected to be a powerful tool for many applications, such as imaging of labeled cells and point-of-care assay.
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- Kiyotaka Sasagawa
- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara,
Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara,
Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara,
Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara,
Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara,
Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara,
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Fang Y, Yu N, Jiang Y, Dang C. High-Precision Lens-Less Flow Cytometer on a Chip. MICROMACHINES 2018; 9:mi9050227. [PMID: 30424160 PMCID: PMC6187443 DOI: 10.3390/mi9050227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We present a flow cytometer on a microfluidic chip that integrates an inline lens-free holographic microscope. High-speed cell analysis necessitates that cells flow through the microfluidic channel at a high velocity, but the image sensor of the in-line holographic microscope needs a long exposure time. Therefore, to solve this problem, this paper proposes an S-type micro-channel and a pulse injection method. To increase the speed and accuracy of the hologram reconstruction, we improve the iterative initial constraint method and propose a background removal method. The focus images and cell concentrations can be accurately calculated by the developed method. Using whole blood cells to test the cell counting precision, we find that the cell counting error of the proposed method is less than 2%. This result shows that the on-chip flow cytometer has high precision. Due to its low price and small size, this flow cytometer is suitable for environments far away from laboratories, such as underdeveloped areas and outdoors, and it is especially suitable for point-of-care testing (POCT).
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- Yuan Fang
- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China.
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji 721016, China.
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China.
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China.
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China.
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Shanmugam A, Usmani M, Mayberry A, Perkins DL, Holcomb DE. Imaging systems and algorithms to analyze biological samples in real-time using mobile phone microscopy. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193797. [PMID: 29509786 PMCID: PMC5839566 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Miniaturized imaging devices have pushed the boundaries of point-of-care imaging, but existing mobile-phone-based imaging systems do not exploit the full potential of smart phones. This work demonstrates the use of simple imaging configurations to deliver superior image quality and the ability to handle a wide range of biological samples. Results presented in this work are from analysis of fluorescent beads under fluorescence imaging, as well as helminth eggs and freshwater mussel larvae under white light imaging. To demonstrate versatility of the systems, real time analysis and post-processing results of the sample count and sample size are presented in both still images and videos of flowing samples.
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America
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- College of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America
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- Richard Cronin Aquatic Resource Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sunderland, MA, United States of America
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America
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Papageorgiou EP, Zhang H, Boser BE, Park C, Anwar M. Angle-insensitive amorphous silicon optical filter for fluorescence contact imaging. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:354-357. [PMID: 29400857 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.000354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We introduce a novel amorphous silicon absorption filter that has high rejection for all angles of incident light for wavelengths below approximately 700 nm. This filter is used for microscopic cancer tissue detection in a small intraoperative contact fluorescence imaging system that requires excitation light at oblique angles. Our 15 μm thick filter presents over five orders of magnitude rejection at 633 nm, making it compatible with several clinically tested fluorophores, including IR700DX. We have demonstrated imaging of fluorescently labeled human epidermal growth factor receptor 2+ breast cancer tissue using the filter, and we can reliably detect microscopic clusters of breast cancer cells with only a 75 ms integration time.
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Adams JK, Boominathan V, Avants BW, Vercosa DG, Ye F, Baraniuk RG, Robinson JT, Veeraraghavan A. Single-frame 3D fluorescence microscopy with ultraminiature lensless FlatScope. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1701548. [PMID: 29226243 PMCID: PMC5722650 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Modern biology increasingly relies on fluorescence microscopy, which is driving demand for smaller, lighter, and cheaper microscopes. However, traditional microscope architectures suffer from a fundamental trade-off: As lenses become smaller, they must either collect less light or image a smaller field of view. To break this fundamental trade-off between device size and performance, we present a new concept for three-dimensional (3D) fluorescence imaging that replaces lenses with an optimized amplitude mask placed a few hundred micrometers above the sensor and an efficient algorithm that can convert a single frame of captured sensor data into high-resolution 3D images. The result is FlatScope: perhaps the world's tiniest and lightest microscope. FlatScope is a lensless microscope that is scarcely larger than an image sensor (roughly 0.2 g in weight and less than 1 mm thick) and yet able to produce micrometer-resolution, high-frame rate, 3D fluorescence movies covering a total volume of several cubic millimeters. The ability of FlatScope to reconstruct full 3D images from a single frame of captured sensor data allows us to image 3D volumes roughly 40,000 times faster than a laser scanning confocal microscope while providing comparable resolution. We envision that this new flat fluorescence microscopy paradigm will lead to implantable endoscopes that minimize tissue damage, arrays of imagers that cover large areas, and bendable, flexible microscopes that conform to complex topographies.
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- Jesse K. Adams
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Adams JK, Boominathan V, Avants BW, Vercosa DG, Ye F, Baraniuk RG, Robinson JT, Veeraraghavan A. Single-frame 3D fluorescence microscopy with ultraminiature lensless FlatScope. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1701548. [PMID: 29226243 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.l701548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Modern biology increasingly relies on fluorescence microscopy, which is driving demand for smaller, lighter, and cheaper microscopes. However, traditional microscope architectures suffer from a fundamental trade-off: As lenses become smaller, they must either collect less light or image a smaller field of view. To break this fundamental trade-off between device size and performance, we present a new concept for three-dimensional (3D) fluorescence imaging that replaces lenses with an optimized amplitude mask placed a few hundred micrometers above the sensor and an efficient algorithm that can convert a single frame of captured sensor data into high-resolution 3D images. The result is FlatScope: perhaps the world's tiniest and lightest microscope. FlatScope is a lensless microscope that is scarcely larger than an image sensor (roughly 0.2 g in weight and less than 1 mm thick) and yet able to produce micrometer-resolution, high-frame rate, 3D fluorescence movies covering a total volume of several cubic millimeters. The ability of FlatScope to reconstruct full 3D images from a single frame of captured sensor data allows us to image 3D volumes roughly 40,000 times faster than a laser scanning confocal microscope while providing comparable resolution. We envision that this new flat fluorescence microscopy paradigm will lead to implantable endoscopes that minimize tissue damage, arrays of imagers that cover large areas, and bendable, flexible microscopes that conform to complex topographies.
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- Jesse K Adams
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Nanophotonic Computational Imaging and Sensing Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Wu Y, Ozcan A. Lensless digital holographic microscopy and its applications in biomedicine and environmental monitoring. Methods 2017; 136:4-16. [PMID: 28864356 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2017.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2017] [Revised: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Optical compound microscope has been a major tool in biomedical imaging for centuries. Its performance relies on relatively complicated, bulky and expensive lenses and alignment mechanics. In contrast, the lensless microscope digitally reconstructs microscopic images of specimens without using any lenses, as a result of which it can be made much smaller, lighter and lower-cost. Furthermore, the limited space-bandwidth product of objective lenses in a conventional microscope can be significantly surpassed by a lensless microscope. Such lensless imaging designs have enabled high-resolution and high-throughput imaging of specimens using compact, portable and cost-effective devices to potentially address various point-of-care, global-health and telemedicine related challenges. In this review, we discuss the operation principles and the methods behind lensless digital holographic on-chip microscopy. We also go over various applications that are enabled by cost-effective and compact implementations of lensless microscopy, including some recent work on air quality monitoring, which utilized machine learning for high-throughput and accurate quantification of particulate matter in air. Finally, we conclude with a brief future outlook of this computational imaging technology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yichen Wu
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Zhu L, Badugu R, Zhang D, Wang R, Descrovi E, Lakowicz JR. Radiative decay engineering 8: Coupled emission microscopy for lens-free high-throughput fluorescence detection. Anal Biochem 2017; 531:20-36. [PMID: 28527910 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging are now used throughout the biosciences. Fluorescence microscopes, spectrofluorometers, microwell plate readers and microarray imagers all use multiple optical components to collect, redirect and focus the emission onto single point or array imaging detectors. For almost all biological samples, except those with regular nanoscale features, emission occurs in all directions. With the exception of complex microscope objectives with large collection angles (NA ≤ 0.5), all these instruments collect only a small fraction of the total emission. Because of the increasing knowledge base on fluorophores within near-field (<200 nm) distances from plasmonic and photonic structures we can anticipate the development of compact devices in which the sample to be detected is located directly on solid state detectors such as CCDs or CMOS cameras. Near-field interactions of fluorophores with metallic or dielectric multi-layer structures (MLSs) can capture a large fraction of the total emission. Depending on the composition and dimensions of the MLSs, the spatial distribution of the sample emission results in distinct optical patterns on the detector surface. With either plain glass slides or MLSs the most commonly used front focal plane (FFP) images reveal the x-y spatial distribution of emission from the sample. Another approach, which is often used with two or three-dimensional nanostructures, is back focal plane (BFP) imaging. The BFP images reveal the angular distribution of the emission. The FFP and BFP images occur at certain distances from the sample which is determined by the details of the optical components. Obtaining these images requires multiple optical components and distances which are too large for the compact devices. For devices described in this paper, the images will be detected at a fixed distance between the sample and some arbitrary distance below the MLS which is determined by the geometry and thicknesses of the components. We refer to measurements at these locations as out-of-focal plane (OFP) imaging. Herein we describe a method to measure the optical fields at micron and multi-micron distances below the MLS, which will represent the images seen by an optically coupled array detector. The possibility of sub-surface optical images is illustrated using five different multi-layer structures. This is accomplished using an optical configuration which allows measurement at a front focal plane (FFP), back focal plane (BFP) or any OFP locations. Our OFP imaging method provides a link between the FFP images which reveals the surface distribution of fluorophores with the BFP images that reveal the angular distribution of emission. This linkage can be useful when examining structures which have nanoscale features due to fluorescence or leakage radiation from nanostructures.
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- Liangfu Zhu
- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Baltimore, Md 21201, USA
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Turin, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Baltimore, Md 21201, USA.
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Göröcs Z, Rivenson Y, Ceylan Koydemir H, Tseng D, Troy TL, Demas V, Ozcan A. Quantitative Fluorescence Sensing Through Highly Autofluorescent, Scattering, and Absorbing Media Using Mobile Microscopy. ACS NANO 2016; 10:8989-99. [PMID: 27622866 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Compact and cost-effective systems for in vivo fluorescence and near-infrared imaging in combination with activatable reporters embedded inside the skin to sample interstitial fluid or blood can enable a variety of biomedical applications. However, the strong autofluorescence of human skin creates an obstacle for fluorescence-based sensing. Here we introduce a method for quantitative fluorescence sensing through highly autofluorescent, scattering, and absorbing media. For this, we created a compact and cost-effective fluorescence microscope weighing <40 g and used it to measure various concentrations of a fluorescent dye embedded inside a tissue phantom, which was designed to mimic the optical characteristics of human skin. We used an elliptical Gaussian beam excitation to digitally separate tissue autofluorescence from target fluorescence, although they severely overlap in both space and optical spectrum. Using ∼10-fold less excitation intensity than the safety limit for skin radiation exposure, we successfully quantified the density of the embedded fluorophores by imaging the skin phantom surface and achieved a detection limit of ∼5 × 10(5) and ∼2.5 × 10(7) fluorophores within ∼0.01 μL sample volume that is positioned 0.5 and 2 mm below the phantom surface, corresponding to a concentration of 105.9 pg/mL and 5.3 ng/mL, respectively. We also confirmed that this approach can track the spatial misalignments of the mobile microscope with respect to the embedded target fluorescent volume. This wearable microscopy platform might be useful for designing implantable biochemical sensors with the capability of spatial multiplexing to continuously monitor a panel of biomarkers and chronic conditions even at patients' home.
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- Verily Life Sciences, LLC , Mountain View, California 94043, United States
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- Verily Life Sciences, LLC , Mountain View, California 94043, United States
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Lee C, Johnson B, Jung T, Molnar A. A 72 × 60 Angle-Sensitive SPAD Imaging Array for Lens-less FLIM. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2016; 16:E1422. [PMID: 27598170 PMCID: PMC5038700 DOI: 10.3390/s16091422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We present a 72 × 60, angle-sensitive single photon avalanche diode (A-SPAD) array for lens-less 3D fluorescence lifetime imaging. An A-SPAD pixel consists of (1) a SPAD to provide precise photon arrival time where a time-resolved operation is utilized to avoid stimulus-induced saturation, and (2) integrated diffraction gratings on top of the SPAD to extract incident angles of the incoming light. The combination enables mapping of fluorescent sources with different lifetimes in 3D space down to micrometer scale. Futhermore, the chip presented herein integrates pixel-level counters to reduce output data-rate and to enable a precise timing control. The array is implemented in standard 180 nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology and characterized without any post-processing.
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- Changhyuk Lee
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
- Cortera Neurotechnologies, 2150 Shattuck Ave., PH, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA.
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Mathieu E, Paul CD, Stahl R, Vanmeerbeeck G, Reumers V, Liu C, Konstantopoulos K, Lagae L. Time-lapse lens-free imaging of cell migration in diverse physical microenvironments. LAB ON A CHIP 2016; 16:3304-16. [PMID: 27436197 PMCID: PMC4987231 DOI: 10.1039/c6lc00860g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Time-lapse imaging of biological samples is important for understanding complex (patho)physiological processes. A growing number of point-of-care biomedical assays rely on real-time imaging of flowing or migrating cells. However, the cost and complexity of integrating experimental models simulating physiologically relevant microenvironments with bulky imaging systems that offer sufficient spatiotemporal resolution limit the use of time-lapse assays in research and clinical settings. This paper introduces a compact and affordable lens-free imaging (LFI) device based on the principle of coherent in-line, digital holography for time-lapse cell migration assays. The LFI device combines single-cell resolution (1.2 μm) with a large field of view (6.4 × 4.6 mm(2)), thus rendering it ideal for high-throughput applications and removing the need for expensive and bulky programmable motorized stages. The set-up is so compact that it can be housed in a standard cell culture incubator, thereby avoiding custom-built stage top incubators. LFI is thoroughly benchmarked against conventional live-cell phase contrast microscopy for random cell motility on two-dimensional (2D) surfaces and confined migration on 1D-microprinted lines and in microchannels using breast adenocarcinoma cells. The quality of the results obtained by the two imaging systems is comparable, and they reveal that cells migrate more efficiently upon increasing confinement. Interestingly, assays of confined migration more readily distinguish the migratory potential of metastatic MDA-MB-231 cells from non-metastatic MCF7 cells relative to traditional 2D migration assays. Altogether, this single-cell migration study establishes LFI as an elegant and useful tool for live-cell imaging.
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- Evelien Mathieu
- IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. and Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA and Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. and Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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McLeod E, Ozcan A. Unconventional methods of imaging: computational microscopy and compact implementations. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2016; 79:076001. [PMID: 27214407 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/79/7/076001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In the past two decades or so, there has been a renaissance of optical microscopy research and development. Much work has been done in an effort to improve the resolution and sensitivity of microscopes, while at the same time to introduce new imaging modalities, and make existing imaging systems more efficient and more accessible. In this review, we look at two particular aspects of this renaissance: computational imaging techniques and compact imaging platforms. In many cases, these aspects go hand-in-hand because the use of computational techniques can simplify the demands placed on optical hardware in obtaining a desired imaging performance. In the first main section, we cover lens-based computational imaging, in particular, light-field microscopy, structured illumination, synthetic aperture, Fourier ptychography, and compressive imaging. In the second main section, we review lensfree holographic on-chip imaging, including how images are reconstructed, phase recovery techniques, and integration with smart substrates for more advanced imaging tasks. In the third main section we describe how these and other microscopy modalities have been implemented in compact and field-portable devices, often based around smartphones. Finally, we conclude with some comments about opportunities and demand for better results, and where we believe the field is heading.
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- Euan McLeod
- College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Ahmed D, Ozcelik A, Bojanala N, Nama N, Upadhyay A, Chen Y, Hanna-Rose W, Huang TJ. Rotational manipulation of single cells and organisms using acoustic waves. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11085. [PMID: 27004764 PMCID: PMC4814581 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The precise rotational manipulation of single cells or organisms is invaluable to many applications in biology, chemistry, physics and medicine. In this article, we describe an acoustic-based, on-chip manipulation method that can rotate single microparticles, cells and organisms. To achieve this, we trapped microbubbles within predefined sidewall microcavities inside a microchannel. In an acoustic field, trapped microbubbles were driven into oscillatory motion generating steady microvortices which were utilized to precisely rotate colloids, cells and entire organisms (that is, C. elegans). We have tested the capabilities of our method by analysing reproductive system pathologies and nervous system morphology in C. elegans. Using our device, we revealed the underlying abnormal cell fusion causing defective vulval morphology in mutant worms. Our acoustofluidic rotational manipulation (ARM) technique is an easy-to-use, compact, and biocompatible method, permitting rotation regardless of optical, magnetic or electrical properties of the sample under investigation. The precise rotational manipulation of single cells is technically challenging and relies on the optical, magnetic and electrical properties of the biospecimen. Here the authors develop an acoustic-based, on-chip manipulation method that can rotate single microparticles, cells and organisms.
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- Daniel Ahmed
- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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High-resolution optical microscopy has traditionally relied on high-magnification and high-numerical aperture objective lenses. In contrast, lensless microscopy can provide high-resolution images without the use of any focusing lenses, offering the advantages of a large field of view, high resolution, cost-effectiveness, portability, and depth-resolved three-dimensional (3D) imaging. Here we review various approaches to lensless imaging, as well as its applications in biosensing, diagnostics, and cytometry. These approaches include shadow imaging, fluorescence, holography, superresolution 3D imaging, iterative phase recovery, and color imaging. These approaches share a reliance on computational techniques, which are typically necessary to reconstruct meaningful images from the raw data captured by digital image sensors. When these approaches are combined with physical innovations in sample preparation and fabrication, lensless imaging can be used to image and sense cells, viruses, nanoparticles, and biomolecules. We conclude by discussing several ways in which lensless imaging and sensing might develop in the near future.
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- Aydogan Ozcan
- Department of Electrical Engineering.,Department of Bioengineering, and.,California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095;
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- College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721;
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Compact Wireless Microscope for In-Situ Time Course Study of Large Scale Cell Dynamics within an Incubator. Sci Rep 2015; 5:18483. [PMID: 26681552 PMCID: PMC4683435 DOI: 10.1038/srep18483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Imaging of live cells in a region of interest is essential to life science research. Unlike the traditional way that mounts CO2 incubator onto a bulky microscope for observation, here we propose a wireless microscope (termed w-SCOPE) that is based on the “microscope-in-incubator” concept and can be easily housed into a standard CO2 incubator for prolonged on-site observation of the cells. The w-SCOPE is capable of tunable magnification, remote control and wireless image transmission. At the same time, it is compact, measuring only ~10 cm in each dimension, and cost-effective. With the enhancement of compressive sensing computation, the acquired images can achieve a wide field of view (FOV) of ~113 mm2 as well as a cellular resolution of ~3 μm, which enables various forms of follow-up image-based cell analysis. We performed 12 hours time-lapse study on paclitaxel-treated MCF-7 and HEK293T cell lines using w-SCOPE. The analytic results, such as the calculated viability and therapeutic window, from our device were validated by standard cell detection assays and imaging-based cytometer. In addition to those end-point detection methods, w-SCOPE further uncovered the time course of the cell’s response to the drug treatment over the whole period of drug exposure.
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Greenbaum A, Zhang Y, Feizi A, Chung PL, Luo W, Kandukuri SR, Ozcan A. Wide-field computational imaging of pathology slides using lens-free on-chip microscopy. Sci Transl Med 2015; 6:267ra175. [PMID: 25520396 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Optical examination of microscale features in pathology slides is one of the gold standards to diagnose disease. However, the use of conventional light microscopes is partially limited owing to their relatively high cost, bulkiness of lens-based optics, small field of view (FOV), and requirements for lateral scanning and three-dimensional (3D) focus adjustment. We illustrate the performance of a computational lens-free, holographic on-chip microscope that uses the transport-of-intensity equation, multi-height iterative phase retrieval, and rotational field transformations to perform wide-FOV imaging of pathology samples with comparable image quality to a traditional transmission lens-based microscope. The holographically reconstructed image can be digitally focused at any depth within the object FOV (after image capture) without the need for mechanical focus adjustment and is also digitally corrected for artifacts arising from uncontrolled tilting and height variations between the sample and sensor planes. Using this lens-free on-chip microscope, we successfully imaged invasive carcinoma cells within human breast sections, Papanicolaou smears revealing a high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, and sickle cell anemia blood smears over a FOV of 20.5 mm(2). The resulting wide-field lens-free images had sufficient image resolution and contrast for clinical evaluation, as demonstrated by a pathologist's blinded diagnosis of breast cancer tissue samples, achieving an overall accuracy of ~99%. By providing high-resolution images of large-area pathology samples with 3D digital focus adjustment, lens-free on-chip microscopy can be useful in resource-limited and point-of-care settings.
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- Alon Greenbaum
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Pirnstill CW, Coté GL. Malaria Diagnosis Using a Mobile Phone Polarized Microscope. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13368. [PMID: 26303238 PMCID: PMC4548194 DOI: 10.1038/srep13368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Malaria remains a major global health burden, and new methods for low-cost, high-sensitivity, diagnosis are essential, particularly in remote areas with low-resource around the world. In this paper, a cost effective, optical cell-phone based transmission polarized light microscope system is presented for imaging the malaria pigment known as hemozoin. It can be difficult to determine the presence of the pigment from background and other artifacts, even for skilled microscopy technicians. The pigment is much easier to observe using polarized light microscopy. However, implementation of polarized light microscopy lacks widespread adoption because the existing commercial devices have complicated designs, require sophisticated maintenance, tend to be bulky, can be expensive, and would require re-training for existing microscopy technicians. To this end, a high fidelity and high optical resolution cell-phone based polarized light microscopy system is presented which is comparable to larger bench-top polarized microscopy systems but at much lower cost and complexity. The detection of malaria in fixed and stained blood smears is presented using both, a conventional polarized microscope and our cell-phone based system. The cell-phone based polarimetric microscopy design shows the potential to have both the resolution and specificity to detect malaria in a low-cost, easy-to-use, modular platform.
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- Casey W Pirnstill
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843.,Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, TX 77843
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Tsai HF, Tsai YC, Yagur-Kroll S, Palevsky N, Belkin S, Cheng JY. Water pollutant monitoring by a whole cell array through lens-free detection on CCD. LAB ON A CHIP 2015; 15:1472-1480. [PMID: 25608666 DOI: 10.1039/c4lc01189a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Environmental contamination has become a serious problem to human and environmental health, as exposure to a wide range of possible contaminants continuously increases due to industrial and agricultural activities. Whole cell sensors have been proposed as a powerful tool to detect class-specific toxicants based upon their biological activity and bioavailability. We demonstrated a robust toxicant detection platform based on a bioluminescence whole cell sensor array biochip (LumiChip). LumiChip harbors an integrated temperature control and a 16-member sensor array, as well as a simple but highly efficient luminescence collection setup. On LumiChip, samples were infused in an oxygen-permeable microfluidic flow channel to reach the sensor array. Time-lapse changes in bioluminescence emitted by the array members were measured on a single window-removed linear charge-coupled device (CCD) commonly used in commercial industrial process control or in barcode readers. Removal of the protective window on the linear CCD allowed lens-free direct interfacing of LumiChip to the CCD surface for measurement with high light collection efficiency. Bioluminescence induced by simulated contamination events was detected within 15 to 45 minutes. The portable LumiSense system utilizing the linear CCD in combination with the miniaturized LumiChip is a promising potential platform for on-site environmental monitoring of toxicant contamination.
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- Hsieh-Fu Tsai
- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
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Pérez JM, Jofre M, Martínez P, Yáñez MA, Catalan V, Pruneri V. An image cytometer based on angular spatial frequency processing and its validation for rapid detection and quantification of waterborne microorganisms. Analyst 2015; 140:7734-41. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an01338k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Image cytometer based on angular spatial frequency processing for the early detection of waterborne bacteria.
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- J. M. Pérez
- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques
- The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- 08860 Castelldefels
- Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques
- The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- 08860 Castelldefels
- Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques
- The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- 08860 Castelldefels
- Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques
- The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- 08860 Castelldefels
- Spain
- ICREA – Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
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Oliveira MB, Mano JF. High-throughput screening for integrative biomaterials design: exploring advances and new trends. Trends Biotechnol 2014; 32:627-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2014] [Revised: 09/20/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Kesavan SV, Momey F, Cioni O, David-Watine B, Dubrulle N, Shorte S, Sulpice E, Freida D, Chalmond B, Dinten JM, Gidrol X, Allier C. High-throughput monitoring of major cell functions by means of lensfree video microscopy. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5942. [PMID: 25096726 PMCID: PMC5380008 DOI: 10.1038/srep05942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Quantification of basic cell functions is a preliminary step to understand complex cellular mechanisms, for e.g., to test compatibility of biomaterials, to assess the effectiveness of drugs and siRNAs, and to control cell behavior. However, commonly used quantification methods are label-dependent, and end-point assays. As an alternative, using our lensfree video microscopy platform to perform high-throughput real-time monitoring of cell culture, we introduce specifically devised metrics that are capable of non-invasive quantification of cell functions such as cell-substrate adhesion, cell spreading, cell division, cell division orientation and cell death. Unlike existing methods, our platform and associated metrics embrace entire population of thousands of cells whilst monitoring the fate of every single cell within the population. This results in a high content description of cell functions that typically contains 25,000 – 900,000 measurements per experiment depending on cell density and period of observation. As proof of concept, we monitored cell-substrate adhesion and spreading kinetics of human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) and primary human fibroblasts, we determined the cell division orientation of hMSCs, and we observed the effect of transfection of siCellDeath (siRNA known to induce cell death) on hMSCs and human Osteo Sarcoma (U2OS) Cells.
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- S Vinjimore Kesavan
- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Plateforme d'imagerie dynamique, Imagopole, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Plateforme d'imagerie dynamique, Imagopole, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Plateforme d'imagerie dynamique, Imagopole, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] CEA, iRTSV-Biologie à Grande Echelle, F-38054 Grenoble, France [3] INSERM, U1038, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] CEA, iRTSV-Biologie à Grande Echelle, F-38054 Grenoble, France [3] INSERM, U1038, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- 1] University of Cergy-Pontoise, France [2] CMLA, ENS Cachan, France
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] CEA, iRTSV-Biologie à Grande Echelle, F-38054 Grenoble, France [3] INSERM, U1038, F-38054 Grenoble, France [4]
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- 1] Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France [2] CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France [3]
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Sencan I, Coskun AF, Sikora U, Ozcan A. Spectral demultiplexing in holographic and fluorescent on-chip microscopy. Sci Rep 2014; 4:3760. [PMID: 24441627 PMCID: PMC3895906 DOI: 10.1038/srep03760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Lensfree on-chip imaging and sensing platforms provide compact and cost-effective designs for various telemedicine and lab-on-a-chip applications. In this work, we demonstrate computational solutions for some of the challenges associated with (i) the use of broadband, partially-coherent illumination sources for on-chip holographic imaging, and (ii) multicolor detection for lensfree fluorescent on-chip microscopy. Specifically, we introduce spectral demultiplexing approaches that aim to digitally narrow the spectral content of broadband illumination sources (such as wide-band light emitting diodes or even sunlight) to improve spatial resolution in holographic on-chip microscopy. We also demonstrate the application of such spectral demultiplexing approaches for wide-field imaging of multicolor fluorescent objects on a chip. These computational approaches can be used to replace e.g., thin-film interference filters, gratings or other optical components used for spectral multiplexing/demultiplexing, which can form a desirable solution for cost-effective and compact wide-field microscopy and sensing needs on a chip.
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- Ikbal Sencan
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- 1] Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America [2] Bioengineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America [3] California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Bakhtina NA, Korvink JG. Microfluidic laboratories for C. elegans enhance fundamental studies in biology. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra43758b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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McLeod E, Luo W, Mudanyali O, Greenbaum A, Ozcan A. Toward giga-pixel nanoscopy on a chip: a computational wide-field look at the nano-scale without the use of lenses. LAB ON A CHIP 2013; 13:2028-35. [PMID: 23592185 PMCID: PMC3813829 DOI: 10.1039/c3lc50222h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The development of lensfree on-chip microscopy in the past decade has opened up various new possibilities for biomedical imaging across ultra-large fields of view using compact, portable, and cost-effective devices. However, until recently, its ability to resolve fine features and detect ultra-small particles has not rivalled the capabilities of the more expensive and bulky laboratory-grade optical microscopes. In this Frontier Review, we highlight the developments over the last two years that have enabled computational lensfree holographic on-chip microscopy to compete with and, in some cases, surpass conventional bright-field microscopy in its ability to image nano-scale objects across large fields of view, yielding giga-pixel phase and amplitude images. Lensfree microscopy has now achieved a numerical aperture as high as 0.92, with a spatial resolution as small as 225 nm across a large field of view e.g., >20 mm(2). Furthermore, the combination of lensfree microscopy with self-assembled nanolenses, forming nano-catenoid minimal surfaces around individual nanoparticles has boosted the image contrast to levels high enough to permit bright-field imaging of individual particles smaller than 100 nm. These capabilities support a number of new applications, including, for example, the detection and sizing of individual virus particles using field-portable computational on-chip microscopes.
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- Euan McLeod
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Fax: (310) 206-4833; Tel: (310) 825-0915
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Sivagnanam V, Gijs MAM. Exploring Living Multicellular Organisms, Organs, and Tissues Using Microfluidic Systems. Chem Rev 2013; 113:3214-47. [DOI: 10.1021/cr200432q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Laboratory
of Microsystems, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne,
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Han C, Pang S, Bower DV, Yiu P, Yang C. Wide field-of-view on-chip Talbot fluorescence microscopy for longitudinal cell culture monitoring from within the incubator. Anal Chem 2013; 85:2356-60. [PMID: 23350531 DOI: 10.1021/ac303356v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Time-lapse or longitudinal fluorescence microscopy is broadly used in cell biology. However, current available time-lapse fluorescence microscopy systems are bulky and costly. The limited field-of-view (FOV) associated with the microscope objective necessitates mechanical scanning if a larger FOV is required. Here we demonstrate a wide FOV time-lapse fluorescence self-imaging Petri dish system, termed the Talbot Fluorescence ePetri, which addresses these issues. This system's imaging is accomplished through the use of the Fluorescence Talbot Microscopy (FTM). By incorporating a microfluidic perfusion subsystem onto the platform, we can image cell cultures directly from within an incubator. Our prototype has a resolution limit of 1.2 μm and an FOV of 13 mm(2). As demonstration, we obtained time-lapse images of HeLa cells expressing H2B-eGFP. We also employed the system to analyze the cells' dynamic response to an anticancer drug, camptothecin (CPT). This method can provide a compact and simple solution for automated fluorescence imaging of cell cultures in incubators.
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- Chao Han
- Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.
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Lab-on-a-chip systems have been rapidly emerging to pave the way toward ultra-compact, efficient, mass producible and cost-effective biomedical research and diagnostic tools. Although such microfluidic and microelectromechanical systems have achieved high levels of integration, and are capable of performing various important tasks on the same chip, such as cell culturing, sorting and staining, they still rely on conventional microscopes for their imaging needs. Recently, several alternative on-chip optical imaging techniques have been introduced, which have the potential to substitute conventional microscopes for various lab-on-a-chip applications. Here we present a critical review of these recently emerging on-chip biomedical imaging modalities, including contact shadow imaging, lens-free holographic microscopy, fluorescent on-chip microscopy and lens-free optical tomography.
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- Zoltán Göröcs
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Emaminejad S, Javanmard M, Dutton RW, Davis RW. Smart surface for elution of protein-protein bound particles: nanonewton dielectrophoretic forces using atomic layer deposited oxides. Anal Chem 2012; 84:10793-801. [PMID: 23176521 PMCID: PMC4984534 DOI: 10.1021/ac302857z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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By increasing the strength of the negative dielectrophoresis force, we demonstrated a significantly improved electrokinetic actuation and switching microsystem that can be used to elute specifically bound beads from the surface. In this work using atomic layer deposition we deposited a pinhole free nanometer-scale thin film oxide as a protective layer to prevent electrodes from corrosion, when applying high voltages (>20 V(pp)) at the electrodes. Then, by exciting the electrodes at high frequency, we capacitively coupled the electrodes to the buffer in order to avoid electric field degradation and, hence, reduction in dielectrophoresis force due to the presence of the insulating oxide layer. To illustrate the functionality of our system, we demonstrated 100% detachment of anti-IgG and IgG bound beads (which is on the same order of magnitude in strength as typical antibody-antigen interactions) from the surface, upon applying the improved negative dielectrophoresis force. The significantly enhanced switching performance presented in this work shows orders of magnitude of improvement in on-to-off ratio and switching response time, without any need for chemical eluting agents, as compared to the previous work. The promising results from this work vindicates that the functionality of this singleplexed platform can be extended to perform a multiplexed bead-based assay where in a single channel an array of proteins are patterned each targeting a different antigen or protein.
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- Sam Emaminejad
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California 94304, United States
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94304, United States
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California 94304, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94304, United States
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California 94304, United States
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Arpali SA, Arpali C, Coskun AF, Chiang HH, Ozcan A. High-throughput screening of large volumes of whole blood using structured illumination and fluorescent on-chip imaging. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:4968-71. [PMID: 23047492 PMCID: PMC3485428 DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40894e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Undiluted blood samples are difficult to image in large volumes since blood constitutes a highly absorbing and scattering medium. As a result of this limitation, optical imaging of rare cells (e.g., circulating tumour cells) within unprocessed whole blood remains a challenge, demanding the use of special microfluidic technologies. Here we demonstrate a new fluorescent on-chip imaging modality that can rapidly screen large volumes of absorbing and scattering media, such as undiluted whole blood samples, for detection of fluorescent micro-objects at low concentrations (for example ≤50-100 particles/mL). In this high-throughput imaging modality, a large area microfluidic device (e.g., 7-18 cm(2)), which contains for example ~0.3-0.7 mL of undiluted whole blood sample, is directly positioned onto a wide-field opto-electronic sensor-array such that the fluorescent emission within the microchannel can be detected without the use of any imaging lenses. This microfluidic device is then illuminated and laterally scanned with an array of Gaussian excitation spots, which is generated through a spatial light modulator. For each scanning position of this excitation array, a lensfree fluorescent image of the blood sample is captured using the opto-electronic sensor-array, resulting in a sequence of images (e.g., 144 lensfree frames captured in ~36 s) for the same sample chip. Digitally merging these lensfree fluorescent images based on a maximum intensity projection (MIP) algorithm enabled us to significantly boost the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast of the fluorescent micro-objects within whole blood, which normally remain undetected (i.e., hidden) using conventional uniform excitation schemes, involving plane wave illumination. This high-throughput on-chip imaging platform based on structured excitation could be useful for rare cell research by enabling rapid screening of large volume microfluidic devices that process whole blood and other optically dense media.
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- Serap Altay Arpali
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Department of Electronic and Communication Engineering, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Department of Mechatronic Engineering, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Weidling J, Isikman SO, Greenbaum A, Ozcan A, Botvinick E. Lens-free computational imaging of capillary morphogenesis within three-dimensional substrates. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:126018. [PMID: 23235893 PMCID: PMC3521054 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.12.126018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Endothelial cells cultured in three-dimensional (3-D) extracellular matrices spontaneously form microvessels in response to soluble and matrix-bound factors. Such cultures are common for the study of angiogenesis and may find widespread use in drug discovery. Vascular networks are imaged over weeks to measure the distribution of vessel morphogenic parameters. Measurements require micron-scale spatial resolution, which for light microscopy comes at the cost of limited field-of-view (FOV) and shallow depth-of-focus (DOF). Small FOVs and DOFs necessitate lateral and axial mechanical scanning, thus limiting imaging throughput. We present a lens-free holographic on-chip microscopy technique to rapidly image microvessels within a Petri dish over a large volume without any mechanical scanning. This on-chip method uses partially coherent illumination and a CMOS sensor to record in-line holographic images of the sample. For digital reconstruction of the measured holograms, we implement a multiheight phase recovery method to obtain phase images of capillary morphogenesis over a large FOV (24 mm2) with ≈ 1.5 μm spatial resolution. On average, measured capillary length in our method was within approximately 2% of lengths measured using a 10 × microscope objective. These results suggest lens-free on-chip imaging is a useful toolset for high-throughput monitoring and quantitative analysis of microvascular 3-D networks.
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- John Weidling
- University of California Irvine, Biomedical Engineering Department, Irvine, California
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- University of California Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering Department, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering Department, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering Department, Los Angeles, California
- University of California Los Angeles, Bioengineering Department, Los Angeles, California
- University of California Los Angeles, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California Irvine, Biomedical Engineering Department, Irvine, California
- University of California Irvine, Beckman Laser Institute, Irvine, California
- University of California Irvine, Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, Irvine, California
- Address all correspondence to: Elliot Botvinick, University of California, Irvine, California. Tel: 949-824-9613; Fax: 949-824-9968; E-mail:
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Imaging without lenses: achievements and remaining challenges of wide-field on-chip microscopy. Nat Methods 2012; 9:889-95. [PMID: 22936170 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We discuss unique features of lens-free computational imaging tools and report some of their emerging results for wide-field on-chip microscopy, such as the achievement of a numerical aperture (NA) of ∼0.8-0.9 across a field of view (FOV) of more than 20 mm(2) or an NA of ∼0.1 across a FOV of ∼18 cm(2), which corresponds to an image with more than 1.5 gigapixels. We also discuss the current challenges that these computational on-chip microscopes face, shedding light on their future directions and applications.
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Kim SB, Bae H, Koo KI, Dokmeci MR, Ozcan A, Khademhosseini A. Lens-free imaging for biological applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 17:43-9. [PMID: 22357607 DOI: 10.1177/2211068211426695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lens-free (or lensless) imaging is emerging as a cost-effective, compact, and lightweight detection method that can serve numerous biological applications. Lens-free imaging can generate high-resolution images within a field-portable platform, which is ideal for affordable point-of-care devices aiming at resource-limited settings. In this mini-review, we first describe different modes of operation for lens-free imaging and then highlight several recent biological applications of this emerging platform technology.
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- Sang Bok Kim
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Vendrell M, Zhai D, Er JC, Chang YT. Combinatorial strategies in fluorescent probe development. Chem Rev 2012; 112:4391-420. [PMID: 22616565 DOI: 10.1021/cr200355j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 457] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Marc Vendrell
- Laboratory of Bioimaging Probe Development, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 11 Biopolis Way, 138667 Singapore.
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Coskun AF, Sencan I, Su TW, Ozcan A. Lensless fluorescent on-chip microscopy using a fiber-optic taper. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012; 2011:5981-4. [PMID: 22255702 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6091478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We demonstrate a lensfree on-chip fluorescent microscopy platform that can image fluorescently labeled cells over ~60 mm(2) field-of-view with <4 urn spatial resolution. In this lensfree imaging system, micro-objects of interest are directly located on a tapered fiber-optic faceplate which has > 5-fold higher density of fiber-optic waveguides in its top facet compared to the bottom facet. For excitation, an incoherent light source (e.g., a simple light emitting diode--LED) is used to pump fluorescent objects through a glass hemi-sphere interface. Upon interacting with the entire sample volume, the excitation light is rejected by total internal reflection process occurring at the bottom of the sample substrate. Fluorescent emission from the objects is then collected by the smaller facet of the tapered faceplate and is delivered to a detector-array with an image magnification of ~2.4X. A compressive sampling based decoding algorithm is used for sparse signal recovery, which further increases the space-bandwidth-product of our lensfree on-chip fluorescent imager. We validated the performance of this lensfree imaging platform using fluorescent micro-particles as well as labeled water-borne parasites (e.g., Giardia Muris cysts). Such a compact and wide-field fluorescent microscopy platform could be valuable for cytometry and rare cell imaging applications as well as for micro array research.
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- Ahmet F Coskun
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Pang S, Han C, Lee LM, Yang C. Fluorescence microscopy imaging with a Fresnel zone plate array based optofluidic microscope. LAB ON A CHIP 2011; 11:3698-702. [PMID: 21935556 PMCID: PMC3710399 DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20654k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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We report the implementation of an on-chip microscope system, termed fluorescence optofluidic microscope (FOFM), which is capable of fluorescence microscopy imaging of samples in fluid media. The FOFM employs an array of Fresnel zone plates (FZP) to generate an array of focused light spots within a microfluidic channel. As a sample flows through the channel and across the array of focused light spots, the fluorescence emissions are collected by a filter-coated CMOS sensor, which serves as the channel's floor. The collected data can then be processed to render fluorescence microscopy images at a resolution determined by the focused light spot size (experimentally measured as 0.65 μm FWHM). In our experiments, our established resolution was 1.0 μm due to Nyquist criterion consideration. As a demonstration, we show that such a system can be used to image the cell nuclei stained by Acridine Orange and cytoplasm labeled by Qtracker(®).
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- Shuo Pang
- Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA. ; Fax: +1(626) 3958475; Tel: +1(626)3952258
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA. ; Fax: +1(626) 3958475; Tel: +1(626)3952258
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- Department of Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA. ; Fax: +1(626) 3958475; Tel: +1(626)3952258
- Department of Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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Lensfree optofluidic microscopy and tomography. Ann Biomed Eng 2011; 40:251-62. [PMID: 21887590 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0385-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Microfluidic devices aim at miniaturizing, automating, and lowering the cost of chemical and biological sample manipulation and detection, hence creating new opportunities for lab-on-a-chip platforms. Recently, optofluidic devices have also emerged where optics is used to enhance the functionality and the performance of microfluidic components in general. Lensfree imaging within microfluidic channels is one such optofluidic platform, and in this article, we focus on the holographic implementation of lensfree optofluidic microscopy and tomography, which might provide a simpler and more powerful solution for three-dimensional (3D) on-chip imaging. This lensfree optofluidic imaging platform utilizes partially coherent digital in-line holography to allow phase and amplitude imaging of specimens flowing through micro-channels, and takes advantage of the fluidic flow to achieve higher spatial resolution imaging compared to a stationary specimen on the same chip. In addition to this, 3D tomographic images of the same samples can also be reconstructed by capturing lensfree projection images of the samples at various illumination angles as a function of the fluidic flow. Based on lensfree digital holographic imaging, this optofluidic microscopy and tomography concept could be valuable especially for providing a compact, yet powerful toolset for lab-on-a-chip devices.
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Coskun AF, Su TW, Sencan I, Ozcan A. Lensless fluorescent microscopy on a chip. J Vis Exp 2011:3181. [PMID: 21876522 DOI: 10.3791/3181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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On-chip lensless imaging in general aims to replace bulky lens-based optical microscopes with simpler and more compact designs, especially for high-throughput screening applications. This emerging technology platform has the potential to eliminate the need for bulky and/or costly optical components through the help of novel theories and digital reconstruction algorithms. Along the same lines, here we demonstrate an on-chip fluorescent microscopy modality that can achieve e.g., <4 μm spatial resolution over an ultra-wide field-of-view (FOV) of >0.6-8 cm(2) without the use of any lenses, mechanical-scanning or thin-film based interference filters. In this technique, fluorescent excitation is achieved through a prism or hemispherical-glass interface illuminated by an incoherent source. After interacting with the entire object volume, this excitation light is rejected by total-internal-reflection (TIR) process that is occurring at the bottom of the sample micro-fluidic chip. The fluorescent emission from the excited objects is then collected by a fiber-optic faceplate or a taper and is delivered to an optoelectronic sensor array such as a charge-coupled-device (CCD). By using a compressive-sampling based decoding algorithm, the acquired lensfree raw fluorescent images of the sample can be rapidly processed to yield e.g., <4 μm resolution over an FOV of >0.6-8 cm(2). Moreover, vertically stacked micro-channels that are separated by e.g., 50-100 μm can also be successfully imaged using the same lensfree on-chip microscopy platform, which further increases the overall throughput of this modality. This compact on-chip fluorescent imaging platform, with a rapid compressive decoder behind it, could be rather valuable for high-throughput cytometry, rare-cell research and microarray-analysis.
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- Ahmet F Coskun
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California-Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Isikman SO, Bishara W, Mudanyali O, Sencan I, Su TW, Tseng D, Yaglidere O, Sikora U, Ozcan A. Lensfree On-Chip Microscopy and Tomography for Bio-Medical Applications. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS SOCIETY 2011; 18:1059-1072. [PMID: 24478572 PMCID: PMC3902671 DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2011.2161460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Lensfree on-chip holographic microscopy is an emerging technique that offers imaging of biological specimens over a large field-of-view without using any lenses or bulky optical components. Lending itself to a compact, cost-effective and mechanically robust architecture, lensfree on-chip holographic microscopy can offer an alternative toolset addressing some of the emerging needs of microscopic analysis and diagnostics in low-resource settings, especially for telemedicine applications. In this review, we summarize the latest achievements in lensfree optical microscopy based on partially coherent on-chip holography, including portable telemedicine microscopy, cell-phone based microscopy and field-portable optical tomographic microscopy. We also discuss some of the future directions for telemedicine microscopy and its prospects to help combat various global health challenges.
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- Serhan O. Isikman
- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA (http://innovate.ee.ucla.edu/). California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Isikman SO, Bishara W, Sikora U, Yaglidere O, Yeah J, Ozcan A. Field-portable lensfree tomographic microscope. LAB ON A CHIP 2011; 11:2222-30. [PMID: 21573311 PMCID: PMC3154753 DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20127a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We present a field-portable lensfree tomographic microscope, which can achieve sectional imaging of a large volume (∼20 mm(3)) on a chip with an axial resolution of <7 μm. In this compact tomographic imaging platform (weighing only ∼110 grams), 24 light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are each butt-coupled to a fibre-optic waveguide are controlled through a cost-effective micro-processor to sequentially illuminate the sample from different angles to record lensfree holograms of the sample that is placed on the top of a digital sensor array. In order to generate pixel super-resolved (SR) lensfree holograms and hence digitally improve the achievable lateral resolution, multiple sub-pixel shifted holograms are recorded at each illumination angle by electromagnetically actuating the fibre-optic waveguides using compact coils and magnets. These SR projection holograms obtained over an angular range of ±50° are rapidly reconstructed to yield projection images of the sample, which can then be back-projected to compute tomograms of the objects on the sensor-chip. The performance of this compact and light-weight lensfree tomographic microscope is validated by imaging micro-beads of different dimensions as well as a Hymenolepis nana egg, which is an infectious parasitic flatworm. Achieving a decent three-dimensional spatial resolution, this field-portable on-chip optical tomographic microscope might provide a useful toolset for telemedicine and high-throughput imaging applications in resource-poor settings.
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- Serhan O. Isikman
- UCLA Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- UCLA Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- UCLA Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- UCLA Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- UCLA Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- UCLA Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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Lens-free optical tomographic microscope with a large imaging volume on a chip. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:7296-301. [PMID: 21504943 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015638108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We present a lens-free optical tomographic microscope, which enables imaging a large volume of approximately 15 mm(3) on a chip, with a spatial resolution of < 1 μm × < 1 μm × < 3 μm in x, y and z dimensions, respectively. In this lens-free tomography modality, the sample is placed directly on a digital sensor array with, e.g., ≤ 4 mm distance to its active area. A partially coherent light source placed approximately 70 mm away from the sensor is employed to record lens-free in-line holograms of the sample from different viewing angles. At each illumination angle, multiple subpixel shifted holograms are also recorded, which are digitally processed using a pixel superresolution technique to create a single high-resolution hologram of each angular projection of the object. These superresolved holograms are digitally reconstructed for an angular range of ± 50°, which are then back-projected to compute tomograms of the sample. In order to minimize the artifacts due to limited angular range of tilted illumination, a dual-axis tomography scheme is adopted, where the light source is rotated along two orthogonal axes. Tomographic imaging performance is quantified using microbeads of different dimensions, as well as by imaging wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans. Probing a large volume with a decent 3D spatial resolution, this lens-free optical tomography platform on a chip could provide a powerful tool for high-throughput imaging applications in, e.g., cell and developmental biology.
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