Title :
3-D imaging of malaria-infected human red blood cells using optical diffraction tomography
Author :
Kyoohyun Kim ; HyeOk Yoon ; YongKeun Park
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We measure 3-D refractive index distributions of malaria-infected red blood cells (RBCs) using optical diffraction tomography. Optical diffraction tomography reveals high resolution details of morphological changes in RBCs during the intraerythrocytic cycles of malaria parasites.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; blood; cellular biophysics; diseases; light diffraction; optical tomography; refractive index measurement; 3D imaging; 3D refractive index distribution measurement; RBC; intraerythrocytic cycles; malaria parasites; malaria-infected human red blood cells; morphological changes; optical diffraction tomography; Diseases; Image reconstruction; Laser beams; Optical diffraction; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
