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  • Biomedical optics
  • Advanced imaging techniques
  • Microscopy

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  • Label-free imaging of thick biological specimens presents significant challenges.
  • Existing methods struggle with resolution and penetration depth in turbid media.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel imaging technique for high-resolution, label-free 3D morphological analysis of thick biological samples.
  • To overcome the limitations of conventional imaging in resolving fine structures within scattering tissues.

Main Methods:

  • Speckle diffraction tomography (SDT) utilizing dynamic speckle-field interferometry for spatiotemporal gating.
  • Reconstruction of depth-resolved refractive index maps using an inverse-scattering model accounting for aberrations.
  • Reflection geometry imaging for enhanced penetration and reduced background noise.

Main Results:

  • Achieved ~500 nm lateral and ~1 μm axial resolution in thick specimens.
  • Successfully imaged red blood cells and quantified membrane fluctuations through 2.8 scattering mean-free paths of turbid medium.
  • Performed volumetric imaging of ex vivo rat cornea, mapping nanoscale topographic features of Dua's and Descemet's membranes.

Conclusions:

  • SDT provides high-resolution, quantitative, label-free 3D imaging capabilities for thick, scattering biological specimens.
  • The technique enables visualization and characterization of previously unresolvable nanoscale features in complex tissues.
  • SDT holds potential for advancing biological research and clinical diagnostics requiring detailed morphological insights.