Label-free high-throughput imaging flow cytometry

A. Mahjoubfar; C. Chen; K. R. Niazi; S. Rabizadeh; B. Jalali

doi:10.1117/12.2040881

7 March 2014 Label-free high-throughput imaging flow cytometry

A. Mahjoubfar, C. Chen, K. R. Niazi, S. Rabizadeh, B. Jalali

Proceedings Volume 8972, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XIV; 89720F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040881
Event: SPIE LASE, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Flow cytometry is an optical method for studying cells based on their individual physical and chemical characteristics. It is widely used in clinical diagnosis, medical research, and biotechnology for analysis of blood cells and other cells in suspension. Conventional flow cytometers aim a laser beam at a stream of cells and measure the elastic scattering of light at forward and side angles. They also perform single-point measurements of fluorescent emissions from labeled cells. However, many reagents used in cell labeling reduce cellular viability or change the behavior of the target cells through the activation of undesired cellular processes or inhibition of normal cellular activity. Therefore, labeled cells are not completely representative of their unaltered form nor are they fully reliable for downstream studies. To remove the requirement of cell labeling in flow cytometry, while still meeting the classification sensitivity and specificity goals, measurement of additional biophysical parameters is essential. Here, we introduce an interferometric imaging flow cytometer based on the world’s fastest continuous-time camera. Our system simultaneously measures cellular size, scattering, and protein concentration as supplementary biophysical parameters for label-free cell classification. It exploits the wide bandwidth of ultrafast laser pulses to perform blur-free quantitative phase and intensity imaging at flow speeds as high as 10 meters per second and achieves nanometer-scale optical path length resolution for precise measurements of cellular protein concentration.

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A. Mahjoubfar, C. Chen, K. R. Niazi, S. Rabizadeh, and B. Jalali "Label-free high-throughput imaging flow cytometry", Proc. SPIE 8972, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XIV, 89720F (7 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040881

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