Table 2 NA values and measured optical resolutions for compound assemblies using DOs of different models (Fig. 1g) and the ‘standard version’ MO (Table 1).

From: MATRIEX imaging: multiarea two-photon real-time in vivo explorer

DO magnification and model

×5

Olympus MPlan N

×4

Olympus MPlan N

×2.5

Olympus MPlan FL N

×2

Mitutoyo MPlan Apo

Diameter of the target zone

4.8 mm

6 mm

9.6 mm

12 mm

NADO given by the manufacturer

0.1

0.1

0.08

0.055

NAeff of the compound assembly

0.48

0.48

0.48

0.43

On-axis lateral resolution

1.0 ± 0.1 μm

1.1 ± 0.2 μm

1.4 ± 0.1 μm

1.5 ± 0.1 μm

On-axis axial resolution

35 ± 1 μm

37 ± 3 μm

42 ± 2 μm

51 ± 3 μm

Distance between MO and DO axes for off-axis measurements

2 mm

2 mm

3 mm

4 mm

Off-axis lateral resolution

1.3 ± 0.1 μm

1.4 ± 0.3 μm

1.6 ± 0.2 μm

1.8 ± 0.2 μm

Off-axis axial resolution

46 ± 2 μm

45 ± 2 μm

48 ± 1 μm

54 ± 3 μm

  1. The resolutions are expressed by the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 0.51-μm fluorescent beads (Bangs Laboratories, FC03F) measured (mean ± s.e.m.) from the acquired images. The image scale for each different configuration is individually calibrated using 20-μm fluorescent beads (Sicastar-greenF, 42-00-204)