PMID- 36515989 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230213 LR - 20240330 IS - 2050-084X (Electronic) IS - 2050-084X (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2022 Dec 14 TI - Gigapixel imaging with a novel multi-camera array microscope. LID - 10.7554/eLife.74988 [doi] LID - e74988 AB - The dynamics of living organisms are organized across many spatial scales. However, current cost-effective imaging systems can measure only a subset of these scales at once. We have created a scalable multi-camera array microscope (MCAM) that enables comprehensive high-resolution recording from multiple spatial scales simultaneously, ranging from structures that approach the cellular scale to large-group behavioral dynamics. By collecting data from up to 96 cameras, we computationally generate gigapixel-scale images and movies with a field of view over hundreds of square centimeters at an optical resolution of 18 microm. This allows us to observe the behavior and fine anatomical features of numerous freely moving model organisms on multiple spatial scales, including larval zebrafish, fruit flies, nematodes, carpenter ants, and slime mold. Further, the MCAM architecture allows stereoscopic tracking of the z-position of organisms using the overlapping field of view from adjacent cameras. Overall, by removing the bottlenecks imposed by single-camera image acquisition systems, the MCAM provides a powerful platform for investigating detailed biological features and behavioral processes of small model organisms across a wide range of spatial scales. CI - (c) 2022, Thomson et al. FAU - Thomson, Eric E AU - Thomson EE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7118-2249 AD - Department of Neurobiology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, United States. FAU - Harfouche, Mark AU - Harfouche M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4657-4603 AD - Ramona Optics Inc, Durham, United States. FAU - Kim, Kanghyun AU - Kim K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4557-9525 AD - Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, United States. FAU - Konda, Pavan C AU - Konda PC AD - Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, United States. FAU - Seitz, Catherine W AU - Seitz CW AD - Department of Neurobiology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, United States. FAU - Cooke, Colin AU - Cooke C AD - Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, United States. FAU - Xu, Shiqi AU - Xu S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8450-9001 AD - Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, United States. FAU - Jacobs, Whitney S AU - Jacobs WS AD - Department of Neurobiology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, United States. FAU - Blazing, Robin AU - Blazing R AD - Department of Neurobiology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, United States. FAU - Chen, Yang AU - Chen Y AD - Department of Neurobiology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, United States. FAU - Sharma, Sunanda AU - Sharma S AD - Ramona Optics Inc, Durham, United States. FAU - Dunn, Timothy W AU - Dunn TW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9381-4630 AD - Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, United States. FAU - Park, Jaehee AU - Park J AD - Ramona Optics Inc, Durham, United States. FAU - Horstmeyer, Roarke W AU - Horstmeyer RW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2480-9141 AD - Ramona Optics Inc, Durham, United States. AD - Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, United States. FAU - Naumann, Eva A AU - Naumann EA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7215-4717 AD - Department of Neurobiology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, United States. LA - eng GR - R43 EB030979/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - R43 OD024879/OD/NIH HHS/United States GR - R44 CA250877/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R44 OD024879/OD/NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20221214 PL - England TA - Elife JT - eLife JID - 101579614 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Zebrafish MH - *Microscopy/methods PMC - PMC9917455 OTO - NOTNLM OT - C. elegans OT - Camponotus pennsylvanicus OT - D. melanogaster OT - Physarum polycephalum OT - behavioral analysis OT - calcium imaging OT - computational imaging OT - computational optics OT - microscopy OT - neuroscience OT - physics of living systems OT - zebrafish COIS- ET, KK, PK, CS, CC, SX, WJ, RB, YC, TD, EN No competing interests declared, MH is scientific co-founder at Ramona Optics Inc which is commercializing and patenting the multi-camera array microscope, SS, JP was an employee at Ramona Optics Inc, which is commercializing and patenting the multi-camera array microscope, RH is a scientific co-founder at Ramona Optics Inc, which is commercializing and patenting the multi-camera array microscope EDAT- 2022/12/15 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/14 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/14 CRDT- 2022/12/14 11:53 PHST- 2021/10/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/14 11:53 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 74988 [pii] AID - 10.7554/eLife.74988 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Elife. 2022 Dec 14;11:e74988. doi: 10.7554/eLife.74988.