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    J Biomed Opt. 2007 May-Jun;12(3):034010.

    Scattering suppression and confocal detection in multifocal multiphoton microscopy.

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    Bielefeld University, Department of Physics, Experimental Biophysics and Applied Nanoscience, Universitätsstrasse 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany. jmartini@physik.uni-bielefeld.de

    Abstract

    We have developed a new descanned parallel (32-fold) pinhole and photomultiplier detection array for multifocal multiphoton microscopy that effectively reduces the blurring effect originating from scattered fluorescence photons in strongly scattering biological media. With this method, we achieve a fourfold improvement in photon statistics for detecting ballistic photons and an increase in spatial resolution by 21% in the lateral and 35% in the axial direction compared to single-beam non-descanned multiphoton microscopy. The new detection concept has been applied to plant leaves and pollen grains to verify the improvements in imaging quality.

    PMID:
    17614718
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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