title: Optical nanoscopy: from acquisition to analysis.
abstract: Recent advances in far-field microscopy have demonstrated that fluorescence imaging is possible at resolutions well below the long-standing diffraction limit. By exploiting photophysical properties of fluorescent probe molecules, this new class of methods yields a resolving power that is fundamentally diffraction unlimited. Although these methods are becoming more widely used in biological imaging, they must be complemented by suitable data analysis approaches if their potential is to be fully realized. Here we review the basic principles of diffraction-unlimited microscopy and how these principles influence the selection of available algorithms for data analysis. Furthermore, we provide an overview of existing analysis strategies and discuss their application.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. travis.gould@yale.edu
authors.forename: Travis J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: Samuel T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bewersdorf
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000379:methods; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D015233:Models, Statistical; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes