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5 November 2019 Visible-wavelength two-photon excitation microscopy with multifocus scanning for volumetric live-cell imaging
Ryosuke Oketani, Haruka Suda, Kumiko Uegaki, Toshiki Kubo, Tomoki Matsuda, Masahito Yamanaka, Yoshiyuki Arai, Nicholas I. Smith, Takeharu Nagai, Katsumasa Fujita
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Abstract

Two-photon excitation microscopy is one of the key techniques used to observe three-dimensional (3-D) structures in biological samples. We utilized a visible-wavelength laser beam for two-photon excitation in a multifocus confocal scanning system to improve the spatial resolution and image contrast in 3-D live-cell imaging. Experimental and numerical analyses revealed that the axial resolution has improved for a wide range of pinhole sizes used for confocal detection. We observed the 3-D movements of the Golgi bodies in living HeLa cells with an imaging speed of 2 s per volume. We also confirmed that the time-lapse observation up to 8 min did not cause significant cell damage in two-photon excitation experiments using wavelengths in the visible light range. These results demonstrate that multifocus, two-photon excitation microscopy with the use of a visible wavelength can constitute a simple technique for 3-D visualization of living cells with high spatial resolution and image contrast.

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Ryosuke Oketani, Haruka Suda, Kumiko Uegaki, Toshiki Kubo, Tomoki Matsuda, Masahito Yamanaka, Yoshiyuki Arai, Nicholas I. Smith, Takeharu Nagai, and Katsumasa Fujita "Visible-wavelength two-photon excitation microscopy with multifocus scanning for volumetric live-cell imaging," Journal of Biomedical Optics 25(1), 014502 (5 November 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.25.1.014502
Received: 5 April 2019; Accepted: 3 June 2019; Published: 5 November 2019
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KEYWORDS
Microscopy

Luminescence

Spatial resolution

3D image processing

Confocal microscopy

Two photon excitation microscopy

Point spread functions

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