Journal: BMC Biology
Article Title: Light sheet theta microscopy for rapid high-resolution imaging of large biological samples
doi: 10.1186/s12915-018-0521-8
Figure Lengend Snippet: Light sheet theta microscopy ( LSTM ) for high-resolution quantitative imaging of large intact samples. a Light sheet microscopy ( LSM ) employs orthogonally illumination-detection optics, which limits the lateral dimensions of imaging volume. iSPIM, SCAPE/OPM and line scan confocal microscopy are partially effective in alleviating this limitation, however at the cost of reduction in usable working distance ( magenta arrowheads ) and image quality (e.g., SCAPE collects low-quality signal from non-native focal planes, and line scan confocal results in lower axial resolution and high photo-bleaching.). The proposed LSTM uses non-orthogonal (< 90°) illumination light sheets to effectively image very large samples, while maintaining high imaging speed and depth and uniform high resolution. b One or two light sheets intersect with the detection plane in a line illumination profile, which is synchronously scanned with the rolling shutter detection of an sCMOS camera to achieve optical sectioning. c Two scanning approaches: 1-axis scanning ( 1-AS ) by perpendicular translation and simultaneous 2-axis scanning ( 2-AS , default LSTM) by translation along and perpendicular to the illumination axis such that the thinnest part is utilized for uniform planar illumination. d Comparison of point spread function (PSF) in 1-AS, default LSTM, and LSM configurations. Left : x - z maximum intensity projections of ~ 1 μm fluorescent microbeads imaged using the same detection (10×/0.6NA/8mmWD) and illumination (4×/0.28NA/28.5 mmWD) objectives. Axial full width at half maximum values ( FWHM ) across the field of view ( blue LSTM in default 2-AS mode, green LSTM in 1-AS mode, red LSM). LSTM achieves uniform axial resolution (~ 4–6 μm FWHM) over the entire field of view, whereas both the 1-AS and LSM provide lower peripheral resolution (1-AS ~ 5–13 μm; LSM ~ 4–11 μm). Right : x - z projections (20 μm) of an image volume from a DAPI-stained human brain tissue. Additional file 5: Video 2 provides 3D reconstructions. The graph compares the signal for a central and a peripheral region of interest. Scale bars: 100 μm
Article Snippet: The 3D model of the LSTM microscope was made with Autodesk Inventor 2017.
Techniques: Microscopy, Imaging, Confocal Microscopy, Comparison, Staining