Spatial frequency-domain multiplexed microscopy for simultaneous, single-camera, one-shot, fluorescent, and quantitative-phase imaging

Multimodal imaging is a crucial tool when imaging biological phenomena that cannot be comprehensively captured by a single modality. Here, we introduce a theoretical framework for spatial-frequency-multiplexed microscopy via off-axis interference as a novel wide-field imaging technique that enables true simultaneous multimodal and multichannel wide-field imaging. We experimentally demonstrate this technique for single-camera, simultaneous two-channel fluorescence and one-channel quantitative-phase imaging for fluorescent microspheres and fixed cells stained for F-actin and nuclear fluorescence. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America