A compact open-top light-sheet microscope for Optofluidic imaging

The fluorescence Optofluidic imaging have recently transformed conventional optical investigations of biological systems by exploiting the synergic combination of recent microscopy and integrated chips technologies. The implementation of light-sheet microscopy on Optofluidic imaging has further pushed the systemic capabilities towards fast and 3D-volumetric imaging. Here, we propose a new compact open-top light-sheet microscope to extend the study of 3D-fluorescence Optofluidic imaging. The proposed portable architecture of the system and customized reconstruction algorithms enable providing high throughput and volumetric reconstruction capability with an isometric single-cell resolution. The experimental results demonstrate the applicability of open-top light-sheet configuration to single-cell imaging in a flow. We anticipate the system to offer promising applications in clinical settings where the portability and 3D-volumetric analysis are required for fast diagnostics.