Experimental stochastics in high-resolution fluorescence microscopy [Elektronische Ressource] : imaging theory of PALMIRA microscopy ; improved models for FCS / Claas von Middendorff
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Dissertationsubmitted to theCombined Faculties for the Natural Sciences and for Mathematicsof the Ruperto Carola University of Heidelberg, Germanyfor the degree ofDoctor of Natural SciencesPut forward byDiplom Physiker Claas von MiddendorffBorn in GifhornOral examination: Oct 8, 2008Experimental Stochastics in High ResolutionFluorescence Microscopy- Imaging Theory of PALMIRA Microscopy -- Improved Models for FCS -Referees:Prof. Dr. Stefan W. HellProf. Dr. Dr. Christoph CremerAbstract. This thesis presents a statistical imaging theory for photo activation localization mi croscopy with independently running acquisition (PALMIRA). In this type of sub resolution mi y the switching of the fluorescence capability of macromolecules reduces imaging to thehigh precision localization of individual fluorescent molecules. The point spread function and theimaging equation of a PALMIRA imaging system are calculated and stochastic expressions for themeasurement time and the confidence level of the image as a function of the spatial resolution areprovided. Different localization schemes like astigmatic imaging, multi channel defocus imaging,4pi imaging and a multi point setup using photo diodes are analyzed. The theory for multi colorand polarization resolved measurements is addressed and estimators for data evaluation proceduresare provided. The role of background noise in producing artefacts is studied.

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Dissertation
submitted to the
Combined Faculties for the Natural Sciences and for Mathematics
of the Ruperto Carola University of Heidelberg, Germany
for the degree of
Doctor of Natural Sciences
Put forward by
Diplom Physiker Claas von Middendorff
Born in Gifhorn
Oral examination: Oct 8, 2008Experimental Stochastics in High Resolution
Fluorescence Microscopy
- Imaging Theory of PALMIRA Microscopy -
- Improved Models for FCS -
Referees:
Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell
Prof. Dr. Dr. Christoph CremerAbstract. This thesis presents a statistical imaging theory for photo activation localization mi
croscopy with independently running acquisition (PALMIRA). In this type of sub resolution mi y the switching of the fluorescence capability of macromolecules reduces imaging to the
high precision localization of individual fluorescent molecules. The point spread function and the
imaging equation of a PALMIRA imaging system are calculated and stochastic expressions for the
measurement time and the confidence level of the image as a function of the spatial resolution are
provided. Different localization schemes like astigmatic imaging, multi channel defocus imaging,
4pi imaging and a multi point setup using photo diodes are analyzed. The theory for multi color
and polarization resolved measurements is addressed and estimators for data evaluation procedures
are provided. The role of background noise in producing artefacts is studied. Finally, it is assessed
whether the quality of images can be augmented by a suitable deconvolution procedure.
Furthermore, stochastic methods are applied to solve a couple of persistent problems in fluores
cence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). The development of computational methods for the simulation
of FCS experiments necessitates the analytical description of the architecture of a multiple lag time
correlator that is used to estimate autocorrelations from intensity time traces. Recently, FCS has been
combined with stimulated emission depletion (STED) focal volumes. The general phenomenology
of STED FCS correlation curves is studied as a function of the STED beam intensity. It is shown
that the quality of a measurement is mainly determined by the fraction of signal originating from the
focal plane. Then, an improved fit model taking into account the exact spatial dependency of inter-
system crossing rates is presented and tested on synthetic data. Finally, the influence of second order
correlations among the points of the FCS curve on the determination of fit parameters is studied.
Analytical results are provided wherever possible. Otherwise, Monte Carlo computations are
performed.
Zusammenfassung. In dieser Arbeit wird eine statistische Theorie zur Bildentstehung in der
PALMIRA Mikroskopie vorgestellt. Die Schaltbarkeit der Fluoreszenz passender Makromolekule¨ hat
den Effekt, mikroskopische Bildentstehung auf das Lokalisieren von Einzelmolekulen¨ zuruckf¨ uhren¨
zu konnen.¨ Dabei kann die Abbesche Beugungsgrenze uberwunden¨ werden. Die Punktabbildungs
funktion sowie die Bildgebungsgleichung werden berechnet. Zudem werden stochastische Ausdruck¨ e
fur¨ die Aufnahmezeit und die Konfidenz des Bildes als Funktion der raumlichen¨ Auflosung¨ hergeleitet.
Verschiedene Methoden zur dreidimensionalen Positionsbestimmung von Fluorophoren - astigma
tische, defokussierte und 4pi Abbildung - und ein zweidimenionaler Mehrpunktaufbau aus Photo
dioden werden analysiert. Die Theorie fur¨ Mehrfarben Messungen und fur¨ polarisationsabhangige¨
Mikroskopie wird entwickelt und die Rolle von Hintergrundrauschen bei der Objekterkennung wird
diskutiert. Eine Entfaltungstrategie wird vorgestellt.
Weiterhin werden stochastische Methoden eingesetzt, um Probleme auf dem Gebiet der Fluores
zenz Korrelations Spektroskopie zu behandeln. Die Entwicklung von numerischen Verfahren zur
Simulation von FCS Experimenten erfordert es, die Theorie eines multi lag time Korrelators ana
lytisch zu formulieren. FCS wurde kurzlich¨ mit den grossenreduzierten¨ Fokalvolumina der STED
Mikroskopie kombiniert. Die Phanomenologie¨ von STED FCS Korrelationskurven wird in Abhangig ¨
keit von der STED Intensitat¨ studiert. Hierbei zeigt sich, dass die Qualitat¨ der Messung entscheidend
durch die Grosse¨ des Signals aus der Fokalebene bestimmt ist. Weiterhin wird ein verbessertes Fit
¨modell fur¨ Ubergangsraten in die Triplet Mannigfaltigkeit, das den exakten geometrischen Fokalver-
lauf berucksichtigt,¨ vorgeschlagen und an synthetischen Daten getestet. Schliesslich wird untersucht,
inwieweit die nicht diagonale Kovarianz von FCS Korrelationskurven das Fitergebnis von Standard
verfahren verfalscht¨ und ob ein detaillierteres Fitverfahren hier Abhilfe schaffen kann.
Wo immer moglich¨ werden analytische Resultate hergeleitet, andernfalls empirische Monte
Carlo Rechnungen verwendet.Contents
Introduction ix
I Stochastic Theory of Photo Activation Localization
Microscopy 1
1 The Principles 3
1.1 Description of the Imaging Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Algorithms and Forward Monte Carlo Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Mean Field Theory of the PALMIRA Technique 12
2.1 The Mean Point Spread Function of PALMIRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.1 at Fixed Photon Number . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.2 in the Presence of Thresholding . . . . . . . 14
2.1.3 Data Representation and the Imaging Equation . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2 Measure of Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.3 Temporal Extent of a Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.4 Level of Confidence of a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3 Localization Methods and their Performance 24
3.1 Theoretical Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.1.1 The Stochastic Image Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.1.2 Fisher Information and Cramer Rao Inequality . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.2 Position Estimation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2.1 Defocus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2.2 Astigmatism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.2.3 4pi Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.2.4 Multi Point Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.3 Performance under Realistic Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.3.1 Defocus , Astigmatism and 4pi Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.3.2 Multi Point Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
vii4 Recognition of Objects 47
4.1 Pixel Thresholding and the Homogeneity of Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.2 Recognition in the Presence of Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.3 The Problem of Higher Order Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4 Spectrally Resolved Molecule Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.5 Polarization Resolved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5 Deconvolution of PALMIRA Images 66
5.1 Deconvolution with Local Point Spread Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.2 Practical Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.2.1 Deconvolution of Equally Bright Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.2.2v of Experimental Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
II Stochastic Studies in Fluorescence Correlation
Spectroscopy 73
6 Preliminaries 75
6.1 Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.2 Algorithms for the Monte Carlo Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.2.1 Generation of Time Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.2.2 The Estimator for the Multi τ Correlator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7 Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy with STED Focal Volumes 85
7.1 Motivation and Analytical Study of the Focal Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.2 Phenomenology of STED FCS Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
8 Triplet State Dynamics 90
8.1 Photochemical Schemes and their Phenomenology in FCS . . . . . . . . . 90
8.2 An Improved Model for Triplet Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
8.3 Results of Computations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
9 Statistical Properties of the Correlation Curve 97
9.1 Covariance of the Correlation Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
9.2 Multivariate Gaussian Fit Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9.2.1 The Statistical Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9.2.2 Significance of the Effect of Off Axis Correlations . . . . . . . . . 100
9.2.3 Performance on Typical Stochastic Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Conclusion 105
A Richards Wolf Vectorial Diffraction Theory 107
B Distribution of Event Photon Numbers 108Introduction
Statistical methods have gained a constantly increasing importance in the quantitative sci
ences [1, 2]. Both exact analytical results from probability theory and stochastics, as well as
numerical computation abilities, have found widespread applications.
High resolution fluorescence microscopy techniques overcoming Abbe’s diffraction bar-
rier [3] are no exception to this rule. The statistical asp

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