ClearAIM: dynamic quantitative label-free monitoring of tissue optical clearing

Kamil Kalinowski; Anna Chwastowicz; Piotr Arcab; Mikołaj Rogalski; Wiktoria Szymska; Emilia Wdowiak; Julianna Winnik; Piotr Zdańkowski; Michał Józwik; Paweł Matryba; Maciej Trusiak

doi:10.3788/AI.2025.10022

Advanced Imaging, Volume. 2, Issue 2, 021003(2025)

ClearAIM: dynamic quantitative label-free monitoring of tissue optical clearing Editors' Pick

Kamil Kalinowski^1、†, Anna Chwastowicz^2,3, Piotr Arcab¹, Mikołaj Rogalski¹, Wiktoria Szymska¹, Emilia Wdowiak¹, Julianna Winnik¹, Piotr Zdańkowski¹, Michał Józwik¹, Paweł Matryba^2,3,4、*, and Maciej Trusiak^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics, Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

²Department of Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

³Laboratory of Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

⁴Department of Radiology 1, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

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Kamil Kalinowski, Anna Chwastowicz, Piotr Arcab, Mikołaj Rogalski, Wiktoria Szymska, Emilia Wdowiak, Julianna Winnik, Piotr Zdańkowski, Michał Józwik, Paweł Matryba, Maciej Trusiak, "ClearAIM: dynamic quantitative label-free monitoring of tissue optical clearing," Adv. Imaging 2, 021003 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Research Article

Received: Dec. 17, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 8, 2025

Published Online: Apr. 30, 2025

The Author Email: Paweł Matryba (p.matryba@nencki.edu.pl), Maciej Trusiak (maciej.trusiak@pw.edu.pl)

DOI:10.3788/AI.2025.10022

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