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Ultrafast Tissue Scaffold 3D Printing and Imaging Platform for Biomedical Applications

Project Quick Facts

Principal Investigator

  • Prof. ZHOU Renjie

    Department of Biomedical Engineering

  • Prof. CHEN Shih Chi

    Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering

  • Funding Sources

    Innovation and Technology Commission

  • Collaboration

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Patent

    1 US patent application

    1 China patent application

  • Award

    2018 R&D 100 Awards – Digital Holography-based 3-D Nano-Builder

This project aims to develop next-generation ultrafast 3D bio-imaging and lithographic microfabrication technologies, i.e., an integrated tissue scaffold 3D printing and imaging platform. We will utilize a high throughput tomographic phase microscopy (TPM) for monitoring scaffold formation and tissue growth and develop super-resolution imaging for monitoring cell redox in vivo.

(a) Optical configuration of structured light illumination (SLI) temporal focusing system (b) Principle of DMD-based temporal focusing configuration.
(c) Experimental design of the TPM system

Uniqueness and Competitive Advantages:

  • The cost of 3D printing platform is low, but have a high resolution.
  • It combines high throughput and spatial resolution.
  • Our tomographic phase microscopy (TPM) is capable of ultra-fast 3D imaging, which can meet the 3D printing and in situ monitoring demand.
  • Our integrated platform can perform multimodal imaging, including multi-photon temporal focusing microscopy, tomographic phase microscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging and 3D structured illumination microscopy. These modalities together can offer a more complete information of the biological structures and their physiological processes.
Ultrafast super-resolution 3D imaging of tissue samples

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