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    • Optical Engineering

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    • Accurate 3D structural mapping of organs at single-cell resolution is crucial for understanding biological functions and diseases.
    • Conventional microscopy struggles with the speed-vs-background suppression trade-off for large samples.
    • High-throughput imaging of large specimens requires improved signal-to-background ratio (SBR).

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    • To develop a novel microscopy technique for high-speed, high-SBR 3D structural mapping of large biological samples.
    • To overcome the limitations of conventional optical sectioning microscopy in throughput and background noise.
    • To provide a tunable solution for optimizing 3D analysis of large specimens.

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    • Developed a parallel line-illumination modulation optical sectioning microscopy (P-LiMo) method utilizing a digital micromirror device (DMD).
    • Employed multiple parallel modulated beams and differential computation for improved imaging.
    • Investigated the impact of illumination parameters (width, period, tilt) and reconstruction settings on imaging quality.

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    • Achieved an order-of-magnitude increase in imaging speed compared to single-beam line-illumination modulation (LiMo).
    • Significantly improved imaging throughput while effectively suppressing defocused background signals.
    • Demonstrated a tunable technical solution for optimizing 3D structural analysis.

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    • The method enables efficient processing of large-volume data in large-sample studies.
    • This advancement facilitates full-scale high-speed imaging for enhanced biological research.