Microscopy arrangements and approaches
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A light-field microscopy system for imaging a specimen in a light-field microscope arrangement, the system comprising:
- an objective lens;
a photosensor array; and
a microlens array located at an intermediate image plane between the photosensor array and the objective lens, wherein the photosensor array detects light rays passing from the objective lens and through the microlens array at a resolution that is sufficiently high to record a light field of the specimen for computing a three-dimensional volume image dataset of the specimen.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Light-field microscopy is facilitated using an approach to image computation. In connection with an example embodiment, a subject (e.g., 105) is imaged by passing light from the subject through a microlens array (e.g., 120) to a photosensor array (e.g., 130) to simultaneously detect light from the subject that is passed through different directions to different locations. In certain embodiments, information from the detected light is used to compute refocused images, perspective images and/or volumetric datasets, from a single-shot photograph.
-
Citations
24 Claims
-
1. A light-field microscopy system for imaging a specimen in a light-field microscope arrangement, the system comprising:
-
an objective lens; a photosensor array; and a microlens array located at an intermediate image plane between the photosensor array and the objective lens, wherein the photosensor array detects light rays passing from the objective lens and through the microlens array at a resolution that is sufficiently high to record a light field of the specimen for computing a three-dimensional volume image dataset of the specimen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
-
-
5. A light-field microscopy system for collecting data useful for digitally imaging a specimen in a light-field microscope arrangement, the system comprising:
-
an objective lens; a photosensor array; a microlens array located at an intermediate image plane between the photosensor array and the objective lens, where the photosensor array detects light rays passing from the objective lens and through the microlens array; and a processor configured to receive data from the photosensor array and to compute an image of the specimen, the data characterizing light detected at the photosensor array at a resolution sufficiently high for the processor to compute the image as a three-dimensional volume dataset using one of;
3D convolution, tomography, and a stack of images where each image in the stack is focused to a different depth into the specimen. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
15. A light-field microscopy system for collecting data useful for digitally imaging a specimen in a light- field microscope arrangement, the system comprising:
-
an objective lens; a photosensor array; a microlens array located at an intermediate image plane between the photosensor array and the objective lens, the photosensor array being configured to detect light rays passing through the microlens array; a second microlens array in the illumination path that facilitates the illumination of the specimen with an arbitrary four-dimensional light field; and a processor configured to receive, from the photosensor array, data characterizing light detected at the photosensor array, and compute an image of the specimen using the received data.
-
-
19. A light-field microscopy system for collecting data useful for digitally imaging a specimen in a light-field microscope arrangement, the system comprising:
-
an objective lens; a photosensor array; a microlens array located at an intermediate image plane between the photosensor array and the objective lens, where the photosensor array detects light rays from the specimen, passing from the objective lens and through the microlens array; and a processor configured to receive data from the photosensor array and to compute an image of the specimen using the received data, the data characterizing a light field detected at the photosensor array at a resolution sufficiently high for the processor to compute the image as a three-dimensional volume dataset of the specimen. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
Specification