Resolution enhancement for line scanning excitation microscopy systems and methods
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1. A line scanning microscopy system comprising:
- a light source for transmitting a single light beam;
a scanning apparatus arrangement for relaying the single light beam along either a first pathway for generating line scans that form a vertical line-scan pattern or a second pathway for generating line scans that form a horizontal line-scan pattern;
an optic arrangement for relaying the line scans of the vertical line-scan pattern or line scans of the horizontal line-scan pattern to illuminate a sample and generate fluorescent line scan emissions formed in either the vertical line-scan pattern or the horizontal line-scan pattern;
a scaling component for scaling the fluorescent line scan emissions, to either locally contract each of the fluorescent line scan emissions to produce a contracted fluorescent line scan emissions that form a contracted line-scan pattern or expand each of the fluorescent line-scan emissions to produce an expanded fluorescent line scan emissions to form an expanded line-scan pattern; and
a detection apparatus for capturing an image of the expanded line-scan pattern or the contracted line-scan pattern.
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Abstract
A resolution enhancement technique for a line scanning confocal microscopy system that generates vertical and horizontal line scanning patterns onto a sample is disclosed. The line scanning confocal microscopy system is capable of producing line scanning patterns through the use of two alternative pathways that generate either the vertical line scanning pattern or horizontal line scanning pattern.
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1. A line scanning microscopy system comprising:
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a light source for transmitting a single light beam; a scanning apparatus arrangement for relaying the single light beam along either a first pathway for generating line scans that form a vertical line-scan pattern or a second pathway for generating line scans that form a horizontal line-scan pattern; an optic arrangement for relaying the line scans of the vertical line-scan pattern or line scans of the horizontal line-scan pattern to illuminate a sample and generate fluorescent line scan emissions formed in either the vertical line-scan pattern or the horizontal line-scan pattern; a scaling component for scaling the fluorescent line scan emissions, to either locally contract each of the fluorescent line scan emissions to produce a contracted fluorescent line scan emissions that form a contracted line-scan pattern or expand each of the fluorescent line-scan emissions to produce an expanded fluorescent line scan emissions to form an expanded line-scan pattern; and a detection apparatus for capturing an image of the expanded line-scan pattern or the contracted line-scan pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A microscopy system comprising:
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a first light source that transmits a first single light beam and a second light source that transmits a second single light beam; a first optic arrangement that combines the first single light beam and the second single light beam to form a combined light beam; a scanning apparatus arrangement for relaying the combined light beam along either a first pathway for generating line scans that form a vertical line-scan pattern or a second pathway for generating line scans that form a horizontal line-scan pattern; a second optic arrangement for relaying the line scans of the vertical line-scan pattern or line scans of the horizontal line-scan pattern to illuminate a sample and generate a fluorescent line-scan emissions formed in either the vertical line-scan pattern or the horizontal line-scan pattern; a scaling component for scaling the fluorescent line scan emissions to either locally contract each of the fluorescent line scan emissions to produce a contracted fluorescent line scan emissions to form a contracted line-scan pattern, or expand each of the fluorescent line-scan emissions to produce an expanded fluorescent line scan emissions to form an expanded line-scan pattern; and a detection apparatus for capturing an image of the expanded line-scan pattern or the contracted line-scan pattern. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A microscopy system comprising:
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a light source for transmitting a single light beam; a scanning apparatus arrangement for relaying the single light beam and generating a light sheet; an excitation objective for imaging the light sheet onto a sample for generating fluorescence emissions; a detection objective for relaying the fluorescence emissions through an optic arrangement; a scaling component for scaling the fluorescence emissions received from the optic arrangement to either locally contract the fluorescence emissions arising from the light sheet to produce fluorescence emissions that are contracted or locally expand the fluorescence emissions arising from the light sheet to produce fluorescence emissions that are expanded; and a detection apparatus for capturing an image of the expanded or the contracted fluorescence emissions arising from the light sheet. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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