title: Fast Fluorescence Microscopy with Light Sheets.
abstract: In light sheet microscopy, optical sectioning by selective fluorescence excitation with a sheet of light is combined with fast full-frame acquisition. This illumination scheme provides minimal photobleaching and phototoxicity. Complemented with remote focusing and multi-view acquisition, light sheet microscopy is the method of choice for acquisition of very fast biological processes, large samples, and high-throughput applications in areas such as neuroscience, plant biology, and developmental biology. This review explains why light sheet microscopes are much faster and gentler than other established fluorescence microscopy techniques. New volumetric imaging schemes and highlights of selected biological applications are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daetwyler
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany huisken@mpi-cbg.de.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huisken
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008027:Light; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D038761:Photobleaching; D010944:Plants