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Intravital microscopy is an essential tool that reveals behaviours of live cells under conditions close to natural physiological states. So far, although various approaches for imaging cells in vivo have been proposed, most require the use…
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Orientation mapping is a widely used technique for revealing the microstructure of a polycrystalline sample. The crystalline orientation at each point in the sample is determined by analysis of the diffraction pattern, a process known as…
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Malaria remains a significant global health challenge, necessitating rapid and accurate diagnostic methods. While computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) tools utilizing deep learning have shown promise, their generalization to diverse clinical…
Combining optical tweezers with fluorescence microscopy is a powerful tool for single-cell analysis, playing a pivotal role in disease diagnosis, cell sorting, and the investigation of cellular dynamics. However, fluorescence detection…
We present a spectrophotometer (optical density meter) combined with electromagnets dedicated to the analysis of suspensions of magnetotactic bacteria. The instrument can also be applied to suspensions of other magnetic cells and magnetic…
Current magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) requires the subject to remain stationary to limit motion artifacts and avoid unwanted field-induced brain stimulation. However, imaging during large-scale motion could enable studies in which motion…
We developed an optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) setup designed for compatibility with a widely used, commercially available helium bath cryostat equipped with a variable temperature insert. The optical path extends nearly two…
Any micropolar fluid containing magnetic particles, such as blood or ferrofluids, subjected to an external magnetic field experiences a magnetic torque due to the misalignment between particle magnetization and the magnetic field. This…
It has been argued [Tassieri, \textit{Soft Matter}, 2015, \textbf{11}, 5792] that linear microrheology with optical tweezers (MOT) of living systems ``\textit{is not an option}'', because of the wide gap between the observation time…
A low-cost, robust, and simple mechanism to measure hemoglobin would play a critical role in the modern health infrastructure. Consistent sample acquisition has been a long-standing technical hurdle for photometer-based portable hemoglobin…
Malaria is an infectious disease with an immense global health burden. Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread species of malaria. Relapsing infections, caused by the activation of liver-stage parasites known as hypnozoites,…