Gradient field microscopy allows label-free disease diagnosis

Shamira Sridharan, Taewoo Kim, Dr. Gabriel Popescu, Ph.D.
Laser Focus World 2012

Intrinsic contrast methods that rely on the passage of light through a transparent sample promise to change clinical pathology as we know it. Without requiring labels such as fluorescent dyes, these are valuable techniques due to their noninvasive nature, allowing for unperturbed study of biological specimens and diagnosing diseases such as cancer.