Abstract
We report development of a continuous scanning procedure and the use of a time delay integration (TDI) line scan camera for a light-sheet based microscope called a thin-sheet laser imaging microscope (TSLIM). TSLIM is an optimized version of a light-sheet fluorescent microscope that previously used a start/stop scanning procedure to move the specimen through the thinnest portion of a light-sheet and stitched the image columns together to produce a well-focused composite image. In this paper, hardware and software enhancements to TSLIM are described that allow for dual sided, dual illumination lasers, and continuous scanning of the specimen using either a full-frame CCD camera and a TDI line scan camera. These enhancements provided a ~70% reduction in the time required for composite image generation and a ~63% reduction in photobleaching of the specimen compared to the start/stop procedure.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 598-609 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Biomedical Optics Express |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2010 |