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Title: Differential Multiphoton Laser Scanning Microscopy

Journal Article · · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Multifocal multiphoton laser scanning microscopy (mfMPLSM) in the biological and medical sciences has the potential to become a ubiquitous tool for obtaining high-resolution images at video rates. While current implementations of mfMPLSM achieve very high frame rates, they are limited in their applicability to essentially those biological samples that exhibit little or no scattering. In this paper, we report on a method for mfMPLSM in which whole-field detection with a single detector, rather than detection with a matrix of detectors, such as a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera, is implemented. This advance makes mfMPLSM fully compatible for use in imaging through scattering media. Further, we demonstrate that this method makes it possible to simultaneously obtain multiple images and view differences in excitation parameters in a single scan of the specimen.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1331058
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-2700-67382
Journal Information:
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 18, Issue 1; ISSN 1077-260X
Publisher:
IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English