Intelligent frequency-shifted optofluidic time-stretch quantitative phase imaging

Opt Express. 2020 Jan 6;28(1):519-532. doi: 10.1364/OE.380679.

Abstract

Optofluidic time-stretch quantitative phase imaging (OTS-QPI) is a powerful tool as it enables high-throughput (>10,000 cell/s) QPI of single live cells. OTS-QPI is based on decoding temporally stretched spectral interferograms that carry the spatial profiles of cells flowing on a microfluidic chip. However, the utility of OTS-QPI is troubled by difficulties in phase retrieval from the high-frequency region of the temporal interferograms, such as phase-unwrapping errors, high instrumentation cost, and large data volume. To overcome these difficulties, we propose and experimentally demonstrate frequency-shifted OTS-QPI by bringing the phase information to the baseband region. Furthermore, to show its boosted utility, we use it to demonstrate image-based classification of leukemia cells with high accuracy over 96% and evaluation of drug-treated leukemia cells via deep learning.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • K562 Cells
  • Leukemia / drug therapy
  • Leukemia / pathology
  • Microfluidics*
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents