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Scarbrough D, Thomas A, Field J, Bartels R, Squier J. Cascaded domain multiphoton spatial frequency modulation imaging. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2023; 28:106502. [PMID: 37799937 PMCID: PMC10548116 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.28.10.106502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Significance Multiphoton microscopy is a powerful imaging tool for biomedical applications. A variety of techniques and respective benefits exist for multiphoton microscopy, but an enhanced resolution is especially desired. Additionally multiphoton microscopy requires ultrafast pulses for excitation, so optimization of the pulse duration at the sample is critical for strong signals. Aim We aim to perform enhanced resolution imaging that is robust to scattering using a structured illumination technique while also providing a rapid and easily repeatable means to optimize group delay dispersion (GDD) compensation through to the sample. Approach Spatial frequency modulation imaging (SPIFI) is used in two domains: the spatial domain (SD) and the wavelength domain (WD). The WD-SPIFI system is an in-line tool enabling GDD optimization that considers all material through to the sample. The SD-SPIFI system follows and enables enhanced resolution imaging. Results The WD-SPIFI dispersion optimization performance is confirmed with independent pulse characterization, enabling rapid optimization of pulses for imaging with the SD-SPIFI system. The SD-SPIFI system demonstrates enhanced resolution imaging without the use of photon counting enabled by signal to noise improvements due to the WD-SPIFI system. Conclusions Implementing SPIFI in-line in two domains enables full-path dispersion compensation optimization through to the sample for enhanced resolution multiphoton microscopy.
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- Daniel Scarbrough
- Colorado School of Mines, Department of Physics, Golden, Colorado, United States
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- Colorado School of Mines, Department of Physics, Golden, Colorado, United States
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- Colorado State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Colorado State University, Center for Imaging and Surface Science, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- Colorado State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Colorado State University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- Colorado School of Mines, Department of Physics, Golden, Colorado, United States
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Hu C, Jiang Z, Liu P, Yu Y, Chu K, Smith ZJ. Super-resolved Raman imaging via galvo-painted structured line illumination. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:5949-5952. [PMID: 37219144 DOI: 10.1364/ol.469982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Traditional line-scan Raman imaging features a rapid imaging speed while preserving complete spectral information, yet has diffraction-limited resolution. Sinusoidally structured line excitation can yield an improvement in the lateral resolution of the Raman image along the line's direction. However, given the need for the line and spectrometer slit to be aligned, the resolution in the perpendicular direction remains diffraction limited. To overcome this, we present here a galvo-modulated structured line imaging system, where a system of three galvos can arbitrarily orient the structured line on the sample plane, while keeping the beam aligned to the spectrometer slit in the detection plane. Thus, a two-fold isotropic improvement in the lateral resolution fold is possible. We demonstrate the feasibility using mixtures of microspheres as chemical and size standards. The results prove an improvement in the lateral resolution of 1.8-fold (limited by line contrast at higher frequencies), while preserving complete spectral information of the sample.
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Recent Progress in the Correlative Structured Illumination Microscopy. CHEMOSENSORS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors9120364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The super-resolution imaging technique of structured illumination microscopy (SIM) enables the mixing of high-frequency information into the optical transmission domain via light-source modulation, thus breaking the optical diffraction limit. Correlative SIM, which combines other techniques with SIM, offers more versatility or higher imaging resolution than traditional SIM. In this review, we first briefly introduce the imaging mechanism and development trends of conventional SIM. Then, the principles and recent developments of correlative SIM techniques are reviewed. Finally, the future development directions of SIM and its correlative microscopies are presented.
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Pilger C, Pospíšil J, Müller M, Ruoff M, Schütte M, Spiecker H, Huser T. Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy by line-scanning with an unmodified two-photon microscope. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2021; 379:20200300. [PMID: 33896201 PMCID: PMC8072199 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Fluorescence-based microscopy as one of the standard tools in biomedical research benefits more and more from super-resolution methods, which offer enhanced spatial resolution allowing insights into new biological processes. A typical drawback of using these methods is the need for new, complex optical set-ups. This becomes even more significant when using two-photon fluorescence excitation, which offers deep tissue imaging and excellent z-sectioning. We show that the generation of striped-illumination patterns in two-photon laser scanning microscopy can readily be exploited for achieving optical super-resolution and contrast enhancement using open-source image reconstruction software. The special appeal of this approach is that even in the case of a commercial two-photon laser scanning microscope no optomechanical modifications are required to achieve this modality. Modifying the scanning software with a custom-written macro to address the scanning mirrors in combination with rapid intensity switching by an electro-optic modulator is sufficient to accomplish the acquisition of two-photon striped-illumination patterns on an sCMOS camera. We demonstrate and analyse the resulting resolution improvement by applying different recently published image resolution evaluation procedures to the reconstructed filtered widefield and super-resolved images. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Super-resolution structured illumination microscopy (part 1)'.
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- Christian Pilger
- Biomolecular Photonics, Department of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Biomolecular Photonics, Department of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
- Department of Radioelectronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Biomolecular Photonics, Department of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- LaVision BioTec GmbH, Astastraße 14, 33617 Bielefeld, Germany
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- LaVision BioTec GmbH, Astastraße 14, 33617 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Biomolecular Photonics, Department of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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Dobek K, Baranowski M. Multi-planar imaging using the thermal lensing effect. APPLIED OPTICS 2019; 58:5883-5891. [PMID: 31503895 DOI: 10.1364/ao.58.005883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The application of a thermal lens, formed by a laser beam, in the imaging of objects lying in three different planes is reported for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The objects' planes are separated by a distance surpassing the depth-of-field of the imaging setup. It is the local formation of two thermal lenses near the intermediate image plane in a thermo-optical material that allows for the observation of two additional objects.
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Urban BE, Xiao L, Chen S, Yang H, Dong B, Kozorovitskiy Y, Zhang HF. In Vivo Superresolution Imaging of Neuronal Structure in the Mouse Brain. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2018; 65:232-238. [PMID: 29267161 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2017.2773540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE this study proposes and evaluates a technique for in vivo deep-tissue superresolution imaging in the light-scattering mouse brain at up to a 3.5 Hz 2-D imaging rate with a 21×21 μm2 field of view. METHODS we combine the deep-tissue penetration and high imaging speed of resonant laser scanning two-photon (2P) microscopy with the superresolution ability of patterned excitation microscopy. Using high-frequency intensity modulation of the scanned two-photon excitation beam, we generate patterned illumination at the imaging plane. Using the principles of structured illumination, the high-frequency components in the collected images are then used to reconstruct images with an approximate twofold increase in optical resolution. RESULTS using our technique, resonant 2P superresolution patterned excitation reconstruction microscopy, we demonstrate our ability to investigate nanoscopic neuronal architecture in the cerebral cortex of the mouse brain at a depth of 120 μm in vivo and 210 μm ex vivo with a resolution of 119 nm. This technique optimizes the combination of speed and depth for improved in vivo imaging in the rodent neocortex. CONCLUSION this study demonstrates a potentially useful technique for superresolution in vivo investigations in the rodent brain in deep tissue, creating a platform for investigating nanoscopic neuronal dynamics. SIGNIFICANCE this technique optimizes the combination of speed and depth for improved superresolution in vivo imaging in the rodent neocortex.
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Yeh CH, Tan CZ, Cheng CHA, Hung JT, Chen SY. Improving resolution of second harmonic generation microscopy via scanning structured illumination. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:6081-6090. [PMID: 31065414 PMCID: PMC6490992 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.006081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 11/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Second harmonic generation microscopy (SHGM) is a well-known technique for examining the noncentrosymmetric structures in biomedical research. However, without real-state transitions, fluorescence-based superresolution methods cannot be applied. To improve the resolution, fringe-scanning SHGM (FS-SHGM), which combines SHGM with structured illumination based on point-scanning, is introduced in this paper. The scanning path was modulated to generate illumination patterns. For the coherent parts of SHG signals, a mathematical model of image formation and reconstruction was established. Both simulations and experiments showed a resolution improvement factor of ~1.4 in the lateral and 1.56 in the axial directions for chicken tendons and mouse skin.
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- Chia-Hua Yeh
- Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Mathematics, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan
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Urban BE, Dong B, Zhang X, Yang H, Zhang HF. Patterned-illumination second harmonic generation microscopy of collagen fibrils in rat scleras. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:5190-5193. [PMID: 30382963 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.005190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We developed a patterned-illumination second harmonic generation (PI-SHG) microscopy, which combines the principle of structured illumination reconstruction with SHG microscopy for label-free super-resolution imaging. We confirmed that PI-SHG microscopy can achieve 1.59-time resolution improvement compared to conventional SHG microscopy by imaging nanowire samples. We further demonstrated three-dimensional PI-SHG microscopy in imaging ex vivo collagen fibrils in rat scleras.
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Sun S, Liu S, Wang W, Zhang Z, Kuang C, Liu X. Improving the resolution of two-photon microscopy using pixel reassignment. APPLIED OPTICS 2018; 57:6181-6187. [PMID: 30117998 DOI: 10.1364/ao.57.006181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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An imaging system combining parallel detection and two-photon excitation is presented in this paper. In the proposed method, seven avalanche photodiodes (APD) are used in the detection path. The light is guided onto the APD sensor by a fiber bundle with seven fibers. The circular arranged fiber end faces together function as a detection array. The outer contour fiber ends deviate from optical axis center and thus obtain higher frequency information. Seven images are acquired simultaneously by the detection array. By using deconvolution and pixel reassignment to process the images acquired, both the resolution and the contrast of the final image are enhanced. The capability of image quality enhancement of the system constructed is demonstrated successfully both by theoretical simulation and experimental results.
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Urban BE, Xiao L, Dong B, Chen S, Kozorovitskiy Y, Zhang HF. Imaging neuronal structure dynamics using 2-photon super-resolution patterned excitation reconstruction microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2018; 11:10.1002/jbio.201700171. [PMID: 28976633 PMCID: PMC7313398 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Visualizing fine neuronal structures deep inside strongly light-scattering brain tissue remains a challenge in neuroscience. Recent nanoscopy techniques have reached the necessary resolution but often suffer from limited imaging depth, long imaging time or high light fluence requirements. Here, we present two-photon super-resolution patterned excitation reconstruction (2P-SuPER) microscopy for 3-dimensional imaging of dendritic spine dynamics at a maximum demonstrated imaging depth of 130 μm in living brain tissue with approximately 100 nm spatial resolution. We confirmed 2P-SuPER resolution using fluorescence nanoparticle and quantum dot phantoms and imaged spiny neurons in acute brain slices. We induced hippocampal plasticity and showed that 2P-SuPER can resolve increases in dendritic spine head sizes on CA1 pyramidal neurons following theta-burst stimulation of Schaffer collateral axons. 2P-SuPER further revealed nanoscopic increases in dendritic spine neck widths, a feature of synaptic plasticity that has not been thoroughly investigated due to the combined limit of resolution and penetration depth in existing imaging technologies.
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- Ben E. Urban
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Sheppard CJR, Castello M, Tortarolo G, Vicidomini G, Diaspro A. Image formation in image scanning microscopy, including the case of two-photon excitation. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2017; 34:1339-1350. [PMID: 29036099 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.34.001339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The effect of combining the image scanning microscopy (ISM) technique with two-photon fluorescence microscopy is analyzed. The effective spatial frequency cutoff can be doubled, as compared with conventional two-photon fluorescence microscopy, and the magnitude of the optical transfer function near the cutoff of conventional two-photon microscopy is increased by orders of magnitude. For the two-photon case, it is found that the optimum pixel reassignment factor in ISM is not equal to one half, as is often assumed in single-photon fluoresence image scanning microscopy, because the excitation and detection point spread functions are different. The optimum reassignment factor depends on the noise level, and in general the useful cutoff spatial frequency is about 1.8 times that for conventional two-photon microscopy. The effect of altering the reassignment factor in single-photon fluorescence ISM with a Stokes shift is also investigated. Illumination using pupil filters, such as by a Bessel beam, is considered. Using a ring detector array is found to result in good imaging behavior, exhibiting a sharpening of the point spread function by a factor of 1.7 compared with conventional fluorescence. Image formation in ISM can be considered in a four-dimensional spatial frequency space, giving new insight into the imaging properties. This approach is related to phase space representations such as the Wigner distribution function and the ambiguity function. A noniterative algorithm for image restoration is proposed.
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Sun S, Liu S, Kuang C, Liu X. Two-photon microscopy with enhanced contrast and resolution. APPLIED OPTICS 2017; 56:3799-3805. [PMID: 28463271 DOI: 10.1364/ao.56.003799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A method combining the saturation effect with the ratio concerned quadratic intensity weighted subtraction (RQIWS) algorithm for resolution and contrast enhancement in a two-photon microscopy system is presented in this paper. In the proposed method, the saturation effect is utilized to get a profile-extended solid spot and a center-shrunken doughnut-shaped spot for a smaller effective point spread function, which enhances the resolution of the system. The RQIWS algorithm uses the intensity ratio of the two original images acquired respectively with the solid spot and the doughnut-shaped spot as one of the subtraction parameters and takes the fluorescence quadratic dependence of excitation intensity into account for better subtraction results compared with the intensity weighted subtraction algorithm in a two-photon excitation system. The capability in the enhancement of resolution and contrast of the method proposed is demonstrated successfully both by theoretical simulations and experimental results.
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Light microscopy plays a key role in biological studies and medical diagnosis. The spatial resolution of conventional optical microscopes is limited to approximately half the wavelength of the illumination light as a result of the diffraction limit. Several approaches-including confocal microscopy, stimulated emission depletion microscopy, stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, photoactivated localization microscopy, and structured illumination microscopy-have been established to achieve super-resolution imaging. However, none of these methods is suitable for the super-resolution ophthalmoscopy of retinal structures because of laser safety issues and inevitable eye movements. We recently experimentally validated virtually structured detection (VSD) as an alternative strategy to extend the diffraction limit. Without the complexity of structured illumination, VSD provides an easy, low-cost, and phase artifact-free strategy to achieve super-resolution in scanning laser microscopy. In this article we summarize the basic principles of the VSD method, review our demonstrated single-point and line-scan super-resolution systems, and discuss both technical challenges and the potential of VSD-based instrumentation for super-resolution ophthalmoscopy of the retina.
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- Yanan Zhi
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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