{"id":245092,"date":"2026-10-09T02:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/lensless-imaging-method-enables-long-term-monitoring-of-living-cells-without-staining"},"modified":"2026-10-09T02:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:43:16","slug":"lensless-imaging-method-enables-long-term-monitoring-of-living-cells-without-staining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/lensless-imaging-method-enables-long-term-monitoring-of-living-cells-without-staining","title":{"rendered":"Lensless imaging method enables long-term monitoring of living cells without staining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/lensless-imaging-method-enables-long-term-monitoring-of-living-cells-without-staining.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a study led by Tampere University, researchers have developed a new lensless imaging method that produces precise quantitative data on living cells from a single image. The compact system can be placed inside a standard cell-culture incubator, allowing living cells to be monitored continuously for hours or even days without staining or other labels. The research is <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aip.org\/apl\/article\/129\/12\/123701\/3405040\/Single-frame-lensless-phase-retrieval-using\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Applied Physics Letters.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed a new lensless quantitative phase imaging method, called SF-PULSE, which combines an AI-based neural network with physics-informed image reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>The method is designed for use in a compact imaging system that can operate directly inside a standard cell-culture incubator. This allows cells to be monitored continuously for hours or even days without the need for staining or repeated removal from the incubator for imaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a study led by Tampere University, researchers have developed a new lensless imaging method that produces precise quantitative data on living cells from a single image. The compact system can be placed inside a standard cell-culture incubator, allowing living cells to be monitored continuously for hours or even days without staining or other labels. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}