Confocal bi-protocol: a new strategy for isotropic 3D live cell imaging.
J Microsc
; 242(1): 70-85, 2011 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21128940
ABSTRACT
The conventional approach for microscopic 3D cellular imaging is based on axial through-stack image series which has some significant limitations such as anisotropic resolution and axial aberration. To overcome these drawbacks, we have recently introduced an alternative approach based on micro-rotation image series. Unfortunately, this new technique suffers from a huge burden of computation that makes its use quite difficult for current applications. To address these problems we propose a new imaging strategy called bi-protocol, which consists of coupling micro-rotation acquisition and conventional z-stack acquisition. We experimentally prove bi-protocol 3D reconstruction produces similar quality to that of pure micro-rotation, but offers the advantage of reduced computation burden because it uses the z-stack volume to accelerate the registration of the micro-rotation images.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Microscopy, Confocal
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Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Microsc
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France