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Fluorescence microscopy captures temperature changes at microscopic scales in milliseconds

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This study demonstrates a novel thermometry technique using fluorescence lifetime microscopy (FLIM) that achieves temperature measurements at sub-micrometer spatial resolution and millisecond temporal resolution. The method allows researchers to simultaneously capture temperature data alongside multiple other imaging channels, enabling comprehensive cellular and tissue analysis. The robust approach provides precise thermal mapping in biological samples while maintaining the capability for multi-parameter imaging.


This advancement enables real-time temperature monitoring in living cells and tissues with unprecedented precision, which is critical for understanding metabolic processes, cellular stress responses, and thermal effects in biological systems. The technique's compatibility with multi-channel imaging makes it particularly valuable for correlating temperature changes with other cellular events in biomedical research and drug development.


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Source: Robust thermometry-imaging down to sub-micrometer or millisecond-resolution by fluorescence lifetime microscopy allows for additional acquisition of multiple imaging channels