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US 2014/0368811 A1Published application
Tomographic imaging
AssigneeInterfiber Analysis, LLC
InventorAndrew D. Yablon
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Abstract
Briefly, embodiments of methods and/or systems for tomographic imaging are disclosed.
Claims40
A method comprising:
- processing one or more optical spectra, said one or more optical spectra previously generated by relative movement between an optical spectrum generator and a three dimensional object to be illuminated by said optical spectrum generator, said relative movement to form a plurality of measurements comprising a plurality of profiles for a plurality of substantially parallel focal planes while transmitting one or more optical signals in a substantially transverse direction with respect to said three dimensional object;
- wherein said processing comprises one or more linear transformations of the generated optical spectra so as to generate a portion of an image for an illuminated portion of said object through combining the plurality of measurements for the plurality of focal planes to at least partially overlay the profiles.
A method comprising:
- producing relative movement between an optical spectrum generator and an object to be illuminated by said generator so as to form a plurality of measurements comprising a plurality of profiles for a plurality of focal planes while generating one or more optical spectra by transmitting one or more optical signals in a substantially transverse direction with respect to said object;
- measuring said one or more optical spectra generated as a result of the one or more signal transmissions;
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- combining said one or more optical spectra as to generate a portion of an image for an illuminated portion said object through combining the plurality of profiles for the plurality of focal planes.
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A method of forming an image comprising:
- combining within a unified coordinate system, in-focus and out-of-focus representations of imaged features of at least one area of an illuminated object to produce a cross-sectional image of said at least one area, said in-focus and out-of-focus representations resulting, at least in part, from obtaining optical measurements of said at least one area at a plurality of focal lengths and/or at a plurality of angular orientations relative to a substantially transverse directional path of light capable of illuminating said object.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a special purpose system capable of processing one or more optical spectra, said one or more optical spectra previously generated by relative movement between an optical spectrum generator and a three dimensional object to be illuminated by said optical spectrum generator, said relative movement to form a plurality of measurements of profiles for a plurality of focal planes while transmitting one or more optical signals in a substantially transverse direction with respect to said three dimensional object;
- said system further capable of processing said generated optical spectra through combining the plurality of measurements for the plurality of focal planes by at least partially overlaying the profiles in a unified coordinate system so as to generate a portion of an image for an illuminated portion said object.
An article comprising:
- a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a special purpose computing device to process one or more optical spectra, said one or more optical spectra previously generated by relative movement between an optical spectrum generator and a three dimensional object to be illuminated by said optical spectrum generator said relative movement to form a plurality of measurements for a plurality of focal planes while transmitting one or more optical signals in a substantially transverse direction with respect to said three dimensional object;
- wherein said instructions further to combine the plurality of measurements for the plurality of focal planes so as to generate a portion of an image for an illuminated portion said object through superposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.