Enhanced resolution 3D digital cytology and pathology with dual-view inverted selective plane illumination microscopy

The current gold-standard histopathology for tissue analysis is destructive, time consuming, and limited to 2D slices. Light sheet microscopy has emerged as a powerful tool for 3D imaging of tissue biospecimens with its fast speed and low photo-damage, but usually with worse axial resolution and complicated configuration for sample imaging. Here, we utilized inverted selective plane illumination microscopy for easy sample mounting and imaging, and dual-view imaging and deconvolution to overcome the anisotropic resolution. We have rendered 3D images of fresh cytology cell blocks and millimeter- to centimeter-sized fixed tissue samples with high resolution in both lateral and axial directions. More accurate cellular quantification, higher image sharpness, and more image details have been achieved with the dual-view method compared with single-view imaging.