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Deep-Tissue Three-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy in Intact Mouse and Zebrafish Brain
Published on: January 13, 2022
Saturated two-photon excitation fluorescence microscopy for the visualization of cerebral neural networks at
Sandeep Chakraborty1, Szu-Yu Lee1, Jye-Chang Lee2
1Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Optical imaging is a key modality for observing biological specimen with higher spatial resolution. However, scattering and absorption of light in tissues are inherent barriers in maximizing imaging depth in biological tissues. To achieve this goal, use of light at near-infrared spectrum can improve the present situation. Here, the capability of saturated two-photon saturated excitation (TP-SAX) fluorescence microscopy to image at depths of >2.0 mm, with submicron resolution in transparent mouse brain imaging, is demonstrated. At such depths with scattering-enlarged point spread function (PSF), we find that TP-SAX is capable to provide spatial resolution improvement compared to its corresponding TPFM, which is on the other hand already providing a much improved resolution compared with single-photon confocal fluorescence microscopy. With the capability to further improve spatial resolution at such deep depth with scattering-enlarged PSF, TP-SAX can be used for exquisite visualization of delicate cerebral neural structure in the scattering regime with a submicron spatial resolution inside intact mouse brain.
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