In vivo imaging of Drosophila melanogaster pupae with mesoscopic fluorescence tomography.
Publication information:
Vinegoni C, Pitsouli C, Razansky D, Perrimon N, Ntziachristos V. In vivo imaging of Drosophila melanogaster pupae with mesoscopic fluorescence tomography.
Nat Methods. 2008;5(1):45–7. PMID: 18066071
Abstract
We report a technique for fluorescence tomography that operates beyond the penetration limits of tissue-sectioning fluorescence microscopy. The method uses multi-projection illumination and photon transport description in opaque tissues. We demonstrate whole-body three-dimensional visualization of the morphogenesis of GFP-expressing salivary glands and wing imaginal discs in living Drosophila melanogaster pupae in vivo and over time.