Sparse decomposition light-field microscopy for high speed imaging of neuronal activity

Abstract

One of the major challenges in large scale optical imaging of neuronal activity is to simultaneously achieve sufficient temporal and spatial resolution across a large volume. Here, we introduce sparse decomposition light-field microscopy (SDLFM), a computational imaging technique based on light-field microscopy (LFM) that takes algorithmic advantage of the high temporal resolution of LFM and the inherent temporal sparsity of spikes to improve effective spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). With increased effective spatial resolution and SNRs, neuronal activity at the single-cell level can be recovered over a large volume. We demonstrate the single-cell imaging capability of SDLFM with in vivo imaging of neuronal activity of whole brains of larval zebrafish with estimated lateral and axial resolutions of ∼ 3.5 µ m and ∼ 7.4 µ m , respectively, acquired at volumetric imaging rates up to 50 Hz. We also show that SDLFM increases the quality of neural imaging in adult fruit flies.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 20, 2020
Source ID
10.1364/optica.392805

Entities

People

  • Burcu Guner-ataman
  • Demian Park
  • Edward Boyden
  • Ho-jun Suk
  • Jeong Seuk Kang
  • Kai Wang
  • Lisa Yang
  • Nikita Pak
  • Panagiotis Symvoulidis
  • Peilun Dai
  • Young-gyu Yoon
  • Zeguan Wang

Organizations

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • KAIST
  • MIT Media Lab
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • National Research Foundation of Korea
  • National Science Foundation
  • Open Philanthropy Project
  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Medical Imaging.
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology