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US 2019/0196172 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Three Dimensional Imaging
AssigneeThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
InventorElizabeth M.C. Hillman
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Abstract
Methods, devices and systems for up to three-dimensional scanning of target regions at high magnification are disclosed.
Claims18
A microscope, comprising:
- an objective and a further lens assembly that are of identical configuration with respect to at least axial focusing aberrations, the objective and further lens assembly being arranged to pass image light, received by the objective lens, through the further lens assembly;
- a light source;
- a scanning/de-scanning optical assembly having a movable light-redirecting element that directs light from the light source to cause an illumination sheet to emanate obliquely from the objective and sweep a volume region, the swept illumination sheet scanning across the volume region;
- a light sensor, the movable light-redirecting element redirecting image light received from the volume region to hold a focus of light returning from a planar region illuminated by the illumination sheet onto the light sensor as said sheet of light is swept.
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