Volumetric chemical imaging in vivo by a remote-focusing stimulated Raman scattering microscope

Opt Express. 2020 Sep 28;28(20):30210-30221. doi: 10.1364/OE.404869.

Abstract

Operable under ambient light and providing chemical selectivity, stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy opens a new window for imaging molecular events on a human subject, such as filtration of topical drugs through the skin. A typical approach for volumetric SRS imaging is through piezo scanning of an objective lens, which often disturbs the sample and offers a low axial scan rate. To address these challenges, we have developed a deformable mirror-based remote-focusing SRS microscope, which not only enables high-quality volumetric chemical imaging without mechanical scanning of the objective but also corrects the system aberrations simultaneously. Using the remote-focusing SRS microscope, we performed volumetric chemical imaging of living cells and captured in real time the dynamic diffusion of topical chemicals into human sweat pores.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Humans
  • Molecular Imaging / methods*
  • Nonlinear Optical Microscopy / instrumentation*
  • Nonlinear Optical Microscopy / methods
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / methods
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured