期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
卷 22, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
SPIE-SOC PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.22.3.030901
关键词
microscopy; scattering; spectroscopy; cell analysis
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01CA200064, R01CA155284, R01CA165309, R01EB016983, U54CA193419]
- National Science Foundation [CBET1240416]
- Lungevity Foundation
- Directorate For Engineering
- Emerging Frontiers & Multidisciplinary Activities [1240416] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Optical microscopy is the staple technique in the examination of microscale material structure in basic science and applied research. Of particular importance to biology and medical research is the visualization and analysis of the weakly scattering biological cells and tissues. However, the resolution of optical microscopy is limited to >= 200 nm due to the fundamental diffraction limit of light. We review one distinct form of the spectro-scopic microscopy (SM) method, which is founded in the analysis of the second-order spectral statistic of a wavelength-dependent bright-field far-zone reflected-light microscope image. This technique offers clear advantages for biomedical research by alleviating two notorious challenges of the optical evaluation of biomaterials: the diffraction limit of light and the lack of sensitivity to biological, optically transparent structures. Addressing the first issue, it has been shown that the spectroscopic content of a bright-field microscope image quantifies structural composition of samples at arbitrarily small length scales, limited by the signal-to-noise ratio of the detector, without necessarily resolving them. Addressing the second issue, SM utilizes a reference arm, sample arm interference scheme, which allows us to elevate the weak scattering signal from biomaterials above the instrument noise floor. (C) The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI.
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