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Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

| EXPLORING THE INTERFACE OF LIGHT AND BIOMEDICINE

  • Editor: Gregory W. Faris
  • Vol. 5, Iss. 1 — Jan. 4, 2010

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A method to unmix multiple fluorophores in microscopy images with minimal a priori information

S. Schlachter, S. Schwedler, A. Esposito, G. S. Kaminski Schierle, G. D. Moggridge, and C. F. Kaminski  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 25, pp. 22747-22760 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.022747


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Abstract

The ability to quantify the fluorescence signals from multiply labeled biological samples is highly desirable in the life sciences but often difficult, because of spectral overlap between fluorescent species and the presence of autofluorescence. Several so called unmixing algorithms have been developed to address this problem. Here, we present a novel algorithm that combines measurements of lifetime and spectrum to achieve unmixing without a priori information on the spectral properties of the fluorophore labels. The only assumption made is that the lifetimes of the fluorophores differ. Our method combines global analysis for a measurement of lifetime distributions with singular value decomposition to recover individual fluorescence spectra. We demonstrate the technique on simulated datasets and subsequently by an experiment on a biological sample. The method is computationally efficient and straightforward to implement. Applications range from histopathology of complex and multiply labelled samples to functional imaging in live cells.

© 2009 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(170.3650) Medical optics and biotechnology : Lifetime-based sensing
(180.2520) Microscopy : Fluorescence microscopy

ToC Category:
Medical Optics and Biotechnology

History
Original Manuscript: September 2, 2009
Revised Manuscript: November 9, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: November 14, 2009
Published: November 30, 2009

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Vol. 5, Iss. 1 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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S. Schlachter, S. Schwedler, A. Esposito, G. S. Kaminski Schierle, G. D. Moggridge, and C. F. Kaminski, "A method to unmix multiple fluorophores in microscopy images with minimal a priori information," Opt. Express 17, 22747-22760 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-25-22747


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