| Literature DB >> 27699111 |
Ilyas Saytashev1, Rachel Glenn1, Gabrielle A Murashova1, Sam Osseiran2, Dana Spence1, Conor L Evans3, Marcos Dantus4.
Abstract
Red blood cells (RBC) in two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) microscopy usually appear as dark disks because of their low fluorescent signal. Here we use 15fs 800nm pulses for TPEF, 45fs 1060nm pulses for three-photon excited fluorescence, and third harmonic generation (THG) imaging. We find sufficient fluorescent signal that we attribute to hemoglobin fluorescence after comparing time and wavelength resolved spectra of other expected RBC endogenous fluorophores: NADH, FAD, biliverdin, and bilirubin. We find that both TPEF and THG microscopy can be used to examine erythrocyte morphology non-invasively without breaching a blood storage bag.Entities:
Keywords: (180.0180) Microscopy; (180.4315) Nonlinear microscopy; (180.5810) Scanning microscopy
Year: 2016 PMID: 27699111 PMCID: PMC5030023 DOI: 10.1364/BOE.7.003449
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomed Opt Express ISSN: 2156-7085 Impact factor: 3.732