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Optofluidic laser speckle image decorrelation analysis for the assessment of red blood cell storage
摘要： Red blood cells (RBCs) undergo irreversible biochemical and morphological changes during storage, contributing to the hemorheological changes of stored RBCs, which causes deterioration of microvascular perfusion in vivo. In this study, a home-built optofluidic system for laser speckle imaging of flowing stored RBCs through a transparent microfluidic channel was employed. The speckle decorrelation time (SDT) provides a quantitative measure of RBC changes, including aggregation in the microchannel. The SDT and relative light transmission intensity of the stored RBCs were monitored for 42 days. In addition, correlations between the decorrelation time, RBC flow speed through the channel, and relative light transmission intensity were obtained. The SDT of stored RBCs increased as the storage duration increased. The SDTs of the RBCs stored for 21 days did not significantly change. However, for the RBCs stored for over 35 days, the SDT increased significantly from 1.26 ± 0.27 ms to 6.12 ± 1.98 ms. In addition, we measured the relative light transmission intensity and RBC flow speed. As the RBC storage time increased, the relative light transmission intensity increased, whereas the RBC flow speed decreased in the microchannel. The optofluidic laser speckle image decorrelation time provides a quantitative measure of assessing the RBC condition during storage. Laser speckle image decorrelation analysis may serve as a convenient assay to monitor the property changes of stored RBCs.
关键词： laser speckle,image decorrelation,microfluidic channel,Optofluidic,RBC aggregation,speckle decorrelation time,red blood cell storage
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Biological Lenses as a Photomask for Writing Laser Spots into Ferroelectric Crystals
摘要： Red Blood Cells on the surface of Lithium Niobate crystal can be used as optical lenses for direct writing of laser-induced refractive index changes. The writing process by such photomask made of biological lenses is due to photorefractive effect. Wavefront analysis by digital holographic microscope is performed for deep and accurate evaluation of local refractive index changes. Different focusing properties can be imprinted on the crystal depending on which type of RBC is employed, discocytes or spherical-like ones. The possibility to fix into a solid material the optical fingerprint of RBCs will have impact on both diagnostics and cell\material interfacing.
关键词： photo-lithography,bio-lenses,photorefractive effect,digital holography,RBC
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Open Source 3D-printed focussing mechanism for cellphone-based cellular microscopy
摘要： The need to improve access to microscopes in low-resource and educational settings coupled with the global proliferation of camera-enabled cellphones has recently led to an explosion in new developments in portable, low-cost microscopy. The availability of accurate ball lenses has resulted in many variants of van Leeuwenhoek-like microscopes. Combined with cellphones, they have the potential for use as portable microscopes in education and clinics. The need for reproducibility in such applications implies that control over focus is critical. Here, we describe a 3D-printed focussing mechanism based on a rack and pinion mechanism, coupled to a ball lens- based microscope. We quantify the time-stability of the focussing mechanism through an edge-based contrast measure used in autofocus cameras and apply it to ‘thin smear’ blood sample infected with Plasmodium as well as onion skin cells. We show that stability of the z-focus is in the micrometre range. This development could, we believe, serve to further enhance the utility of a low-cost and robust microscope and encourage further developments in field microscopes based on the Open Source principle.
关键词： 3D printing,RBC,microscope,Cellphone
更新于2025-09-10 09:29:36