Enhancement of imaging depth in turbid media using a wide area detector

The depth of two-photon fluorescence imaging in turbid media can be significantly enhanced by the use of the here described fluorescence detection method that allows to efficiently collect scattered fluorescence photons from a wide area of the turbid sample. By using this detector we were able to perform imaging of turbid samples, simulating brain tissue, at depths up to 3 mm, where the two-photon induced fluorescence signal is too weak to be detected by means used in conventional two-photon microscopy.

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