Optical sectioning deep inside live embryos by selective plane illumination microscopy - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2004 Aug 13;305(5686):1007-9.

doi: 10.1126/science.1100035.

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Optical sectioning deep inside live embryos by selective plane illumination microscopy

Jan Huisken et al. Science. 2004.

Abstract

Large, living biological specimens present challenges to existing optical imaging techniques because of their absorptive and scattering properties. We developed selective plane illumination microscopy (SPIM) to generate multidimensional images of samples up to a few millimeters in size. The system combines two-dimensional illumination with orthogonal camera-based detection to achieve high-resolution, optically sectioned imaging throughout the sample, with minimal photodamage and at speeds capable of capturing transient biological phenomena. We used SPIM to visualize all muscles in vivo in the transgenic Medaka line Arnie, which expresses green fluorescent protein in muscle tissue. We also demonstrate that SPIM can be applied to visualize the embryogenesis of the relatively opaque Drosophila melanogaster in vivo.

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