Figure 8. 2D patterning allows for the spatial isolation and identification of individual cells.

Here, a green fluorescent protein-expressing malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum has infected a small proportion of a population of red blood cells (RBCs). In patterning this population in an 18-μm acoustic field (201 MHz at ≈0.5 W), infected RBCs can be independently visualized. Scale bar, 40 μm.