In vivo imaging of Drosophila melanogaster pupae with mesoscopic fluorescence tomography.

Vinegoni, Claudio; Pitsouli, Chrysoula; Razansky, Daniel; Perrimon, Norbert; Ntziachristos, Vasilis · Nat Methods · 2008

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We report a technique for fluorescence tomography that operates beyond the penetration limits of tissue-sectioning fluorescence microscopy. The method uses multi-projection illumination and photon transport description in opaque tissues. We demonstrate whole-body three-dimensional visualization of the morphogenesis of GFP-expressing salivary glands and wing imaginal discs in living Drosophila melanogaster pupae in vivo and over time.

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