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M Schwertner, M Booth, T Wilson

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    Aberrations in microscopy degrade image quality. Quantifying these specimen-induced aberrations is crucial for designing adaptive optics systems to improve imaging in confocal fluorescence microscopy (CFM) and two-photon microscopy (TPM).

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    Area of Science:

    • Optical Microscopy
    • Biophysics
    • Adaptive Optics

    Background:

    • Image quality in optical microscopy, particularly confocal fluorescence microscopy (CFM) and two-photon microscopy (TPM), is significantly degraded by aberrations.
    • High numerical aperture (NA) objectives exacerbate aberration issues when imaging biological specimens.
    • Quantifying specimen-induced aberrations is essential for developing effective aberration correction strategies like adaptive optics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To quantify aberrations introduced by biological specimens during high NA optical microscopy.
    • To assess the potential benefit of adaptive optics in correcting these specimen-induced aberrations.
    • To evaluate the impact of specimen-induced aberrations on quantitative fluorescence microscopy.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed an interferometer with high NA objective lenses to measure aberrations from biological specimens.
    • Decomposed measured wavefronts into Zernike modes for aberration classification and quantification.
    • Simulated adaptive correction of Zernike modes in CFM and compared signal levels before and after correction.

    Main Results:

    • Adaptive correction of low-order Zernike modes offers significant image quality improvements for many biological specimens.
    • Specimen-induced aberrations can strongly affect quantitative measurements in non-adaptive microscopy systems.
    • The study provides essential data for designing adaptive optics systems tailored to biological imaging challenges.

    Conclusions:

    • Adaptive optics can effectively mitigate specimen-induced aberrations, restoring diffraction-limited performance in CFM and TPM.
    • Understanding and quantifying aberration modes is key to optimizing adaptive correction strategies.
    • This work highlights the necessity of considering specimen-induced aberrations for accurate quantitative fluorescence microscopy.