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Data for paper "A new mode of contrast in biological second harmonic generation microscopy"

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posted on 2017-10-06, 09:20 authored by Nicola GreenNicola Green, Robin M Delaine-Smitth, Hannah J Askew, Robert Byers, Gwendolen ReillyGwendolen Reilly, Stephen MatcherStephen Matcher

Enhanced image contrast in biological second harmonic imaging microscopy (SHIM) has previously been reported via quantitative assessments of forward- to epi-generated signal intensity ratio and by polarization analysis. Here we demonstrate a new form of contrast: the material-specific, wavelength-dependence of epi-generated second harmonic generation (SHG) excitation efficiency, and discriminate collagen and myosin by ratiometric epi-generated SHG images at 920 nm and 860 nm.

Collagen shows increased SHG intensity at 920 nm, while little difference is detected between the two for myosin; allowing SHIM to characterize different SHG-generating components within a complex biological sample.


Scientific Reports 7(1) Article number:13331 (2017)

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13752-y

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EPSRC grants EP/I018328/1 & EP/K009699/1 and the University of Sheffield Women Academic Returners Program.

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