Gastrointestinal cancers continue to account for a disproportionately large percentage of annual cancer deaths in the US. Advancements in miniature imaging technology combined with a need for precise and thorough tumor detection in gastrointestinal cancer screenings fuel the demand for new, small-scale, and low-cost methods of localization and margin identification with improved accuracy. Here, we report the development of a miniaturized, chip-on-tip, multispectral, fluorescence imaging probe designed to port through a gastroscope working channel with the aim of detecting cancerous lesions in point-of-care endoscopy of the gastrointestinal lumen. Preclinical testing has confirmed fluorescence sensitivity and supports that this miniature probe can locate structures of interest via detection of fluorescence emission from exogenous contrast agents. This work demonstrates the design and preliminary performance evaluation of a miniaturized, single-use, chip-on-tip fluorescence imaging system, capable of detecting multiple fluorochromes, and devised for deployment via the accessory channel of a standard gastroscope.
The purpose of the article is to explore the need and advantages of using the incoherent color holography lattice light-sheet (ICHLLS) to provide multiwavelength quantitative monitoring of 3D cellular dynamics in live tissue to further understand complex functions of cells and cellular compartments. We have explored the use of incoherent color holography lattice light-sheet to investigate colocalization of fluorescent markers in live cells in intact tissue. Neuronal structures provide an attractive target for incoherent color holography lattice light-sheet. The cells show a complex architecture in 3D space in which signaling both between cells and within subcellular structures requires colocalization of proteins and lipids to function. During activity and over long periods it is important in understanding these signaling functions in Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and motoneuron diseases within live cells in intact tissue. As a proof of concept this article recalls the key aspects in lattice light-sheet imaging and provides a description of the incoherent detection system configuration to actively control dual diffractive lenses phase-shifting at multiple excitation wavelengths sequentially, and per each z-galvo scanning level, with extended field-of-view. The incoherent color holography lattice light-sheet system will allow simultaneous recording of multidimensional object waves that contain intensity in 3D space, phase, and wavelength information. We measure colocalization of fluorescence indicators introduced into live cells in intact neural tissue.

