Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a label-free, wide-field microscopy approach with
significant opportunities for biomedical applications. QPI uses the natural phase shift of light …

The most dangerous aspect of cancer lies in metastatic progression. Tumor cells will
successfully form life-threatening metastases when they undergo sequential steps along a …

Mechanical cues play a crucial role in regulating physiological and pathological processes,
and atomic force microscopy (AFM) has become an important and standard tool for …

Significance Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) offers a label-free approach to non-invasively
characterize cellular processes by exploiting their refractive index based intrinsic contrast …

Cells are very sensitive to the shear stress (SS). However, undesirable SS is generated
during physiological process such as collective cell migration (CCM) and influences the …

Abstract Treatment of blood smears with Wright's stain is one of the most helpful tools in
detecting white blood cell abnormalities. However, to diagnose leukocyte disorders, a …

We present a new classification approach for live cells, integrating together the spatial and
temporal fluctuation maps and the quantitative optical thickness map of the cell, as acquired …

Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) enables nondestructive, real-time, label-free imaging of
transparent specimens and can reveal information about their fundamental properties such …

Cell viscoelastic properties are affected by the cell cycle, differentiation, and pathological
processes such as malignant transformation. Therefore, evaluation of the mechanical …

A substantial body of literature exists to study the dynamics of single cells exposed to short
duration (< 1 μs), high peak power (~ 1 MV/m) transient electric fields. Much of this research …