title: Label-free characterization of living human induced pluripotent stem cells by subcellular topographic imaging technique using full-field quantitative phase microscopy coupled with interference reflection microscopy.
abstract: There is a need for a noninvasive technique to monitor living pluripotent stem cell condition without any labeling. We present an optical imaging technique that is able to capture information about optical path difference through the cell and cell adhesion properties simultaneously using a combination of quantitative phase microscopy (QPM) and interference reflection microscopy (IRM) techniques. As a novel application of QPM and IRM, this multimodal imaging technique demonstrated its ability to distinguish the undifferentiated status of human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells quantitatively based on the variation of optical path difference between the nucleus and cytoplasm as well as hiPS cell-specific cell adhesion properties.
authors.affiliation: System Division, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., 812 Joko-cho, Hamamatsu-city, Shizuoka, 431-3196,  Japan.
authors.forename: Norikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: Toyohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Hidenao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi