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8 February 2008 Applying adaptive optics to three-dimensional wide-field microscopy
Peter Kner, John Sedat, David Agard, Zvi Kam
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Abstract
Depth aberrations are a major source of image degradation in three-dimensional microscopy, causing a significant loss of resolution and intensity deep into the sample. These aberrations occur because of an inevitable mismatch between the sample refractive index and the immersion medium index. We have built a wide-field fluorescence microscope that incorporates a large-throw deformable mirror to correct for depth aberrations in 3D imaging. We demonstrate a corrected point spread function imaging beads in water with an oil immersion lens and a twofold improvement in peak signal intensity. We apply this new microscope to imaging biological samples, and show sharper images and improved deconvolution.
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Peter Kner, John Sedat, David Agard, and Zvi Kam "Applying adaptive optics to three-dimensional wide-field microscopy", Proc. SPIE 6888, MEMS Adaptive Optics II, 688809 (8 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.773731
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Cited by 4 scholarly publications and 2 patents.
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KEYWORDS
Deformable mirrors

Point spread functions

Mirrors

Microscopes

Deconvolution

Objectives

Microscopy

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