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Correction of cell-induced optical aberrations in a fluorescence fluctuation microscope

Biological Physics 2014-03-13 v1 Optics

Abstract

We describe the effect of optical aberrations on fluorescence fluctuations microscopy (FFM), when focusing through a single living cell. FFM measurements are performed in an aqueous fluorescent solution and prove to be a highly sensitive tool to assess the optical aberrations introduced by the cell. We demonstrate an adaptive optics (AO) system to remove the aberration-related bias in the FFM measurements. Our data show that AO is not only useful when imaging deep in tissues but also when performing FFM measurements through a single cellular layer. This work paves the way for the application of FFM to complex three-dimensional multicellular samples.

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@article{arxiv.1403.2833,
  title  = {Correction of cell-induced optical aberrations in a fluorescence fluctuation microscope},
  author = {Charles-Edouard Leroux and Alexei Grichine and Irène Wang and Antoine Delon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.2833},
  year   = {2014}
}
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