A Fluorescent Dipole Orientation Method Based on Structured Light Illumination

Abstract

The invention relates to a fluorescent dipole orientation method based on structured light illumination, which is characterized in that it includes the following content: step 1) using a structured light microscope system to obtain the original image and modulation information of a fluorescent sample with polarization characteristics, and obtain Spatial frequency domain components corresponding to different spatial angles, where the original image refers to the fluorescent sample image collected by the camera sensor of the structured light microscopy system, and the modulation information refers to the modulation intensity, phase and spatial angle of the structured light microscopy system ; Step 2) performing spatial dimension frequency domain splicing of all spatial frequency domain components to obtain a two-dimensional super-resolution spatial domain image of the fluorescent sample; and expanding the angular dimension frequency domain of all spatial frequency domain components to obtain the polarization angle information of the fluorescent sample; step 3) Match the two-dimensional super-resolution spatial domain image of the fluorescence sample with the polarization angle information to obtain the super-resolution fluorescence dipole orientation result.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a fluorescent dipole orientation method based on structured light illumination, and relates to the technical field of super-resolution fluorescent microscopy. Background technique [0002] Fluorescence microscopy is an important tool in life science research. In life science research, the region of interest is often fluorescently marked. After it is irradiated by excitation light, the emitted fluorescence will contain the structure and function information of the organism, providing the possibility for further research. However, common fluorescence microscopy systems use two-dimensional camera sensors to collect signals, which can only obtain spatial information of samples. Most of the fluorescent molecules are dipoles, and the fluorescence emitted by them often has strong polarization characteristics, and this part of the characteristics will be lost. In fact, polarization information can reflect the structural characteristi...

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Problems solved by technology

Among the above three existing technologies, the first type requires high-magnification images, and the diffraction images of adjacent dipoles will overlap, making it difficult to obtain high spatial resolution. In addition, the accuracy of pattern comparison is limited by the signal-to-noise ratio. The impact is great; the second type is faster, but the beam splitter reduces the total light intensity obtained on each picture, thereby reducing the signal-to-noise ratio and image quality; the third type of system needs to collect multiple pictures and consumes longer time

In addition, the optical paths of the latter two types of technologies are relatively complex, which is not conducive to integration on commercial systems

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