摘要 |
<p>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.</p> |