Seeing through opaque media

Caltech researchers have developed a technique combining fluorescence and ultrasound to peer through opaque media, such as biological tissue. Changhuei Yang, Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medical Engineering, and senior author of a paper about the technique says they hope this method will one day be deployed to extend the operating depth of fluorescence microscopy and help image fluorescent labeled cells deep inside living animals.

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