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Zhejiang University
biophysics
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I2SIM: Boosting High-Fidelity Isotropic Super-Resolution with Image Interference and Spatial-Spectrum Optimization

He, E.Open in Google Scholar•Sun, Y.Open in Google Scholar•Zhu, H.Open in Google Scholar•Yang, X.Open in Google Scholar•Yin, L.Open in Google Scholar•Han, Y.Open in Google Scholar•Kuang, C.Open in Google Scholar•Liu, X.Open in Google Scholar

Spatial resolution is crucial for imaging subcellular structures. The advent of three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy (3D-SIM) greatly benefits the biology community, providing a powerful tool for imaging organelles with a two-fold resolution enhancement in all three dimensions. However, the axial resolution of 3D-SIM is limited to around 300 nm, which is inferior to its lateral resolution. Here, a novel method called image interference SIM (I2SIM) is reported, which utilizes two oppositely positioned objectives to detect fluorescence emission interference under three-beam excitation. By incorporating spectral modulation and spatial domain Frobenius-Hessian optimization, I2SIM achieves an axial resolution approximately twice that of 3D-SIM, reaching around 130 nm. Furthermore, the potential of I2SIM for imaging subcellular structures is demonstrated on various biological samples, including microtubules, actin filaments, and mitochondrial outer membranes. The enhanced optical sectioning capability can be utilized to resolve axial structures that are challenging to discern using ordinary 3D-SIM.

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