Conventional microscope method images label-free live cells in 3D

摘要

US researchers have unveiled a technique called white light diffraction tomography for quickly and accurately imaging transparent objects such as live unlabelled cells. Based on a new electro-optic module that couples to the camera port of a research grade phase contrast microscope, the method, pioneered by Professor Gabriel Popescu, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, delivers high resolution 3D rendered images of cells in their natural state.