Femtosecond laser pulses are used to iteratively cut and image fixed as well as exsanguinated fresh tissue. Such images help to automate three-dimensional histological analysis of biological tissue. Cuts are accomplished with approximately 0.3 to 100 microJoule pulses to ablate tissue with one-micrometer precision. Permeability, immunoreactivity, and optical clarity of the remaining tissue is retained after pulsed laser cutting. Samples from transgenic mice that express fluorescent proteins retained their fluorescence to within micrometers of the cut surface.
飞秒激光脉冲用于迭代切割固定组织和新鲜组织并对其成像。这些图像有助于自动进行
生物组织的三维组织学分析。切割用大约 0.3 到 100 微焦耳的脉冲完成,以一微米的精度消融组织。脉冲激光切割后,剩余组织的通透性、免疫活性和光学清晰度均得以保留。表达荧光蛋白的转
基因小鼠样本的荧光保留在切割表面微米范围内。