System and method for Hilbert phase imaging
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1. A method of imaging an object comprising:
- using a light source to emit light along a first optical path including an object to be imaged, and along a second optical path that is spatially separated by a splitter from the first optical path at the object to be imaged;
combining light from the first optical path and light from the second optical path such that the combined light is incident on a two-dimensional imaging device having a plurality of pixels, the two dimensional imaging device receiving light along the first optical path that is tilted at an angle relative to the second optical path such that the incident light at the two-dimensional imaging device is received at different angles;
detecting a two dimensional image of the object with the two-dimensional imaging device; and
processing the two dimensional image with a Hilbert transform to obtain quantitative image data.
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Abstract
Hilbert phase microscopy (HPM) as an optical technique for measuring high transverse resolution quantitative phase images associated with optically transparent objects. Due to its single-shot nature, HPM is suitable for investigating rapid phenomena that take place in transparent structures such as biological cells. A preferred embodiment is used for measuring biological systems including measurements on red blood cells, while its ability to quantify dynamic processes on the millisecond scale, for example, can be illustrated with measurements on evaporating micron-size water droplets.
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1. A method of imaging an object comprising:
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using a light source to emit light along a first optical path including an object to be imaged, and along a second optical path that is spatially separated by a splitter from the first optical path at the object to be imaged; combining light from the first optical path and light from the second optical path such that the combined light is incident on a two-dimensional imaging device having a plurality of pixels, the two dimensional imaging device receiving light along the first optical path that is tilted at an angle relative to the second optical path such that the incident light at the two-dimensional imaging device is received at different angles; detecting a two dimensional image of the object with the two-dimensional imaging device; and processing the two dimensional image with a Hilbert transform to obtain quantitative image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A Hilbert phase imaging device comprising:
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a light source that is optically coupled to a first optical path that is separated from a second optical path with a splitter; a two dimensional imaging device positioned to receive light from the first optical path and the second optical path, the two dimensional imaging device having a plurality of pixels along x and y axes of the imaging device; a modulating element that positions light from the light source such that light on the first optical path is tilted at an angle relative to light on the second optical path, the light from the separated first optical path being combined with light from the separated second optical path with a combiner to be incident on the imaging device at different angles to detect two dimensional image data with the two-dimensional imaging device; and a processor that receives the image data from the two-dimensional imaging device and performs a Hilbert phase transformation of two dimensional image data to form a quantitative phase image of an object. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 46)
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35. A method of imaging an object comprising:
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providing a light source, a first optical path including an object to be imaged, a second optical path and an imaging device; positioning the imaging device relative to the first optical path and the second optical path; tilting the first optical path relative to the second optical path such that light directed along the first optical path is incident upon the imaging device at a different angle than light directed along that second optical path that is incident upon the imaging device; obtaining a two dimensional (2D) image of the object; Fourier-transforming and filtering the image to obtain a real sinusoidal signal component of a complex analytic signal; obtaining the complex analytic signal associated with the sinusoidal signal by computing a 2D Fourier transform and performing a Hilbert transformation; taking an inverse Fourier transform to obtain a complex 2D signal that provides phase information about the object; and obtaining a quantitative spatial phase image of the object. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of imaging an object comprising:
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illuminating an object to be imaged with light from a light source; detecting light from the object with a two dimensional imaging device having a plurality of pixels, the two-dimensional imaging device receives light along a first optical path that interferes with light along a second optical path, the first optical path being tilted at an angle relative to the second optical path such that light is received at the two-dimensional imaging device along the first optical path and the second optical path at different angles; and processing a two dimensional image that is detected by the two-dimensional imaging device with a Hilbert transform to obtain quantitative image data of the object. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48)
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