Method and apparatus for UV imaging
First Claim
1. A method for imaging a subject, comprising:
- providing a subject;
illuminating the subject with a light pulse having a wavelength of between about 150 nm to about 300 nm, the light pulse having a time duration of about 2 seconds or less;
detecting illumination that results from interaction of the light pulse with the subject to capture 2-dimensional image information for at least a portion of the subject; and
waiting a time interval of at least 5 seconds before repeating performances of the illuminating and detecting steps to capture additional 2-dimensional image information for at least a portion of the subject.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for illuminating a subject with deep UV light and detecting 2-dimensional image information, e.g., a transmission image, fluorescence image, reflected light image, etc. The subject may be illuminated with a light pulse having a duration of 2 seconds or less and one or more components with a wavelength of between about 150 nm to about 300 nm. The light pulse may be arranged so as to minimize or eliminate any detrimental effect on the functioning of the subject, e.g., on a living cell. A concentration, mass, quantum yield, absorbance or other characteristics of one or more compounds in the subject may be determined based on one or more 2-dimensional images obtained of the subject. An illumination beam having left and right circularly polarized components may be generated, e.g., for circular dichroism analysis of a subject.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for imaging a subject, comprising:
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providing a subject; illuminating the subject with a light pulse having a wavelength of between about 150 nm to about 300 nm, the light pulse having a time duration of about 2 seconds or less; detecting illumination that results from interaction of the light pulse with the subject to capture 2-dimensional image information for at least a portion of the subject; and waiting a time interval of at least 5 seconds before repeating performances of the illuminating and detecting steps to capture additional 2-dimensional image information for at least a portion of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for imaging a subject, comprising:
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an illumination system that illuminates the subject with a light pulse having a wavelength of about 150 nm to about 300 nm, the light pulse having a time duration of about 2 seconds or less, the illumination system constructed and arranged to prevent a waiting time interval of less than 5 seconds between performances of illuminating the subject with the light pulse to capture 2-dimensional image information for at least a portion of the subject; and a detector tat detects illumination that results from interaction of the light pulse with the subject so as to capture 2-dimensional image information of at least a portion of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for analyzing a subject, comprising:
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providing a subject including at least first and second different compounds, said compounds being absorbent of light in a wavelength range of between about 150 mn to about 300 mn; illuminating the subject with light in the wavelength range for a first time; detecting illumination of a first wavelength or range of wavelengths that results from interaction of the light in the wavelength range with the subject so as to capture first 2-dimensional image information of at least a portion of the subject; illuminating the subject with light in the wavelength range for a second time after waiting a time interval of at least 5 seconds after performance of illuminating the subject for the first time and detecting illumination of the first wavelength or range or wavelengths; detecting illumination of a second wavelength or range of wavelengths that results from interaction of the light in the wavelength range with the subject so as to capture second 2-dimensional image information of at least a portion of the subject; and using the first and second 2-dimensional image information to determine concentrations of the first and second compounds in the subject. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for imaging a subject, comprising:
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providing a subject including a living cell and/or a biological material other than artificially crystallized proteins; illuminating the subject with illumination having a wavelength of about 300 nm or less; detecting autofluorescent illumination emitted by the subject that results from interaction of the illumination with the subject so as to capture 2-dimensional image information of at least a portion of the subject; and waiting a time interval of at least 5 seconds before repeating performances of the illuminating and detecting steps to capture additional 2-dimensional image information for at least a portion of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method for imaging a subject, comprising:
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providing a subject; illuminating the subject a first time with illumination having a wavelength of about 350 nm or less, the illumination being left or right circularly polarized; detecting illumination that results from interaction of the left or right circularly polarized illumination with the subject so as to capture first 2-dimensional image information of at least a portion of the subject; illuminating the subject a second time with illumination having a wavelength of about 350 nm or less after waiting a time interval of at least 5 seconds after illuminating the subject the first time, the illumination of the subject the second time being the other of left or right circularly polarized; and detecting illumination that results from interaction of the other of left or right circularly polarized illumination with the subject so as to capture second 2-dimensional image information of at least a portion of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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