High‐resolution two‐photon excitation microscopy of ocular tissues in porcine eye

Two‐photon excitation laser scanning microscopy (TPM), based on nonlinear optical (NLO) response under high irradiance, is currently being extensively employed for diagnostic purposes in biomedical fields and becomes more and more an interesting imaging technique in the intact bulk tissue examination. In this study, this nonlinear‐excitation imaging technique including two‐photon‐mediated autofluorescence (2PF) and second harmonic generation (SHG) was employed to investigate the microstructures in the whole‐mount scleral, retinal, and corneal tissues of porcine eyes with intracellular spatial resolution and high signal‐to‐noise ratio.

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