scholarly journals Study on the refractive index matching effect of ultrasound on optical clearing of bio-tissues based on the derivative total reflection method

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 3482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanhuan Zeng ◽  
Jin Wang ◽  
Qing Ye ◽  
Zhichao Deng ◽  
Jianchun Mei ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. e52
Author(s):  
B.M. Fronza ◽  
S. Lewis ◽  
P. Shah ◽  
M. Giannini ◽  
J. Stansbury

eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Boothe ◽  
Lennart Hilbert ◽  
Michael Heide ◽  
Lea Berninger ◽  
Wieland B Huttner ◽  
...  

In light microscopy, refractive index mismatches between media and sample cause spherical aberrations that often limit penetration depth and resolution. Optical clearing techniques can alleviate these mismatches, but they are so far limited to fixed samples. We present Iodixanol as a non-toxic medium supplement that allows refractive index matching in live specimens and thus substantially improves image quality in live-imaged primary cell cultures, planarians, zebrafish and human cerebral organoids.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Hildebrand ◽  
Anna Schueth ◽  
Andreas Herrler ◽  
Ralf Galuske ◽  
Alard Roebroeck

AbstractWe describe MASH (Multiscale Architectonic Staining of Human cortex): a simple, fast and low-cost cytoarchitectonic labeling and optical clearing approach for human cortex samples, which can be applied to large formalin fixed adult brain samples. A suite of small-molecule fluorescent nuclear and cytoplasmic dyes in combination with new refractive index matching solutions allows deep volume imaging. This enables highly scalable human neocortical cytoarchitecture characterization with a large 3D scope.


2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 347-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudio S. Ferreira

Thick smears of human feces can be made adequate for identification of helminth eggs by means of refractive index matching. Although this effect can be obtained by simply spreading a fleck of feces on a microscope slide, a glycerol solution has been routinely used to this end. Aiming at practicability, a new quantitative technique has been developed. To enhance both sharpness and contrast of the images, a sucrose solution (refractive index = 1.49) is used, which reduces the effect of light-scattering particulates. To each slide a template-measured (38.5 mm³) fecal sample is transferred. Thus, egg counts and sensitivity evaluations are easily made.


2011 ◽  
Vol 366 (1568) ◽  
pp. 1250-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Bassnett ◽  
Yanrong Shi ◽  
Gijs F. J. M. Vrensen

The purpose of the lens is to project a sharply focused, undistorted image of the visual surround onto the neural retina. The first pre-requisite, therefore, is that the tissue should be transparent. Despite the presence of remarkably high levels of protein, the lens cytosol remains transparent as a result of short-range-order interactions between the proteins. At a cellular level, the programmed elimination of nuclei and other light-scattering organelles from cells located within the pupillary space contributes directly to tissue transparency. Scattering at the cell borders is minimized by the close apposition of lens fibre cells facilitated by a plethora of adhesive proteins, some expressed only in the lens. Similarly, refractive index matching between lens membranes and cytosol is believed to minimize scatter. Refractive index matching between the cytoplasm of adjacent cells is achieved through the formation of cellular fusions that allow the intermingling of proteins. Together, these structural adaptations serve to minimize light scatter and enable this living, cellular structure to function as ‘biological glass’.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 1758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhibin Ye ◽  
Chong Liu ◽  
Bo Tu ◽  
Ke Wang ◽  
Qingsong Gao ◽  
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