Novel light-sheet scattering microscopy for voxel-wise validation of 3D-fibre orientations in murine white matter

This work develops a novel 3D validation technique that reveals the white matter orientation with micron resolution in cleared murine brains. Light-sheet elastic scattering microscopy (LSSM) can be used to exploit the scattering signal exhibited by white matter fibres, which is dependent on their orientation. The rotation and imaging of the sample yield a scattering profile, which corresponds to that of infinitely long cylinders. Our work combines two orthogonal acquisitions to voxel-wise reconstruct 3D-fibre orientations in large brain volumes. LSSM could be the definitive validation method for diffusion MRI orientation methods.