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dc.contributor.advisorDholakia, Kishan
dc.contributor.authorNylk, Jonathan
dc.coverage.spatialxxiii, 272 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-24T14:14:48Z
dc.date.available2017-05-24T14:14:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-30
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/10842
dc.description.abstract
dc.description.abstractOptical microscopy is a cornerstone of biomedical research. Advances in optical techniques enable specific, high resolution, sterile, and biologically compatible imaging. In particular, beam shaping has been used to tailor microscopy techniques to enhance microscope performance. The aim of this Thesis is to investigate the use of novel beam shaping techniques in emerging optical microscopy methods, and to apply these methods in biomedicine. To overcome the challenges associated with high resolution imaging of large specimens, the use of Airy beams and related techniques are applied to light-sheet microscopy. This approach increases the field-of-view that can be imaged at high resolution by over an order of magnitude compared to standard Gaussian beam based light-sheet microscopy, has reduced phototoxicity, and can be implemented with a low-cost optical system. Advanced implementations show promise for imaging at depth within turbid tissue, in particular for neuroscience. Super-resolution microscopy techniques enhance the spatial resolution of optical methods. Structured illumination microscopy is investigated as an alternative for electron microscopy in disease diagnosis, capable of visualising pathologically relevant features of kidney disease. Separately, compact optical manipulation methods are developed with the aim of adding functionality to super-resolution techniques.en
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.subjectMicroscopyen
dc.subjectBeam shapingen
dc.subjectWavefront shapingen
dc.subjectFluorescenceen
dc.subjectLight-sheet microscopyen
dc.subjectLSMen
dc.subjectStructured illumination microscopyen
dc.subjectSIMen
dc.subjectOptical manipulationen
dc.subjectOptical trappingen
dc.subjectAiry beamen
dc.subjectBessel beamen
dc.subjectGaussiam beamen
dc.subjectPhysicsen
dc.subject.lccQH207.N8
dc.titleAdvanced light-sheet and structured illumination microscopy techniques for neuroscience and disease diagnosisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)en_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Physics and Astronomyen_US


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