High-throughput optical sectioning via line-scanning imaging with digital structured modulation

Optical sectioning with high-throughput, a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and submicrometer resolution is crucial, but challenging, to three-dimensional visualization of large biological tissue samples. Here we propose line-scanning imaging with digital structured modulation for optical sectioning. Our method generates images with a significantly improved SNR, compared to wide-field structured illumination microscopy (WF-SIM), without residual modulation artifacts. We image a 14.5mm×11.5mm horizontal view of mouse brain tissue at a pixel resolution of 0.32µm×0.32µm in 101 s, which, compared to WF-SIM, represents a significant improvement on imaging throughput. These results provide development opportunities for high-throughput, high-resolution large-area optical imaging methods.