title: Accumulating advantages, reducing limitations: multimodal nonlinear imaging in biomedical sciences - the synergy of multiple contrast mechanisms.
abstract: Multimodal nonlinear microscopy has matured during the past decades to one of the key imaging modalities in life science and biomedicine due to its unique capabilities of label-free visualization of tissue structure and chemical composition, high depth penetration, intrinsic 3D sectioning, diffraction limited resolution and low phototoxicity. This review briefly summarizes first recent advances in the field regarding the methodology, e.g., contrast mechanisms and signal characteristics used for contrast generation as well as novel image processing approaches. The second part deals with technologic developments emphasizing improvements in penetration depth, imaging speed, spatial resolution and nonlinear labeling strategies. The third part focuses on recent applications in life science fundamental research and biomedical diagnostics as well as future clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dietzek
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Popp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*
keywords: 2PF; 3PF; CARS; FWM; SHG; SRS; THG; multicontrast microscopy; multimodal nonlinear microscopy; nonlinear imaging