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    • Optical Microscopy
    • Developmental Biology

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    • Investigating dynamic biological samples in vivo requires high-speed volume imaging.
    • Light-sheet microscopy offers high-contrast imaging of entire planes but traditionally requires mechanical sample movement for volume acquisition.
    • Mechanical sample manipulation limits imaging speed, precision, and can harm delicate specimens.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a light-sheet microscope capable of high-speed, flexible 3D volume imaging without mechanical sample manipulation.
    • To overcome the limitations of traditional light-sheet microscopy regarding speed and precision for dynamic biological samples.

    Main Methods:

    • Implementation of remote focusing using an electrically tunable lens (ETL) within a light-sheet microscope setup.
    • Acquisition of 3D image volumes by electronically adjusting the focal plane without moving the specimen or objective lens.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved flexible volume imaging at significantly higher speeds compared to existing methods.
    • Demonstrated high-speed 3D snapshots of sensitive biological samples.
    • Successfully imaged 17 planes of a beating zebrafish heart at 510 frames per second (30 volume scans per second).

    Conclusions:

    • The developed light-sheet microscope with remote focusing enables unprecedented high-speed 3D imaging of dynamic biological processes.
    • This technique allows for the observation of movements, shape changes, and signals across entire volumes of sensitive samples, overcoming previous limitations.