Pocket MUSE: an affordable, versatile and high-performance fluorescence microscope using a smartphone

Yehe Liu; Andrew M. Rollins; Richard M. Levenson; Farzad Fereidouni; Michael W. Jenkins

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01860-5

Communications Biology (Mar 2021)

Pocket MUSE: an affordable, versatile and high-performance fluorescence microscope using a smartphone

Yehe Liu,
Andrew M. Rollins,
Richard M. Levenson,
Farzad Fereidouni,
Michael W. Jenkins

Affiliations

Yehe Liu: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Andrew M. Rollins: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Richard M. Levenson: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center
Farzad Fereidouni: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center
Michael W. Jenkins: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01860-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Liu et al. present Pocket MUSE, a portable and low‐cost smartphone microscope that can be assembled from readily available parts. The microscope is capable of multichannel fluorescence microscopy with submicron resolution. The imaging prowess of Pocket MUSE is demonstrated thoroughly.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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