Systems and Methods for Performing Quantitative Phase-Contrast Confocal Microscopy

Competitive Advantages

  •     Captures phase information of the optical field
  •     Speed of capturing the images is high
  •     Used to measure surface roughness
  •     Line scanning is simpler and faster compared to point scanning

Summary

Inventors at USF have developed systems and methods that can be used to capture high-quality intensity images of optical sections and obtain a quantitative phase map for each optical section at a high speed. This is achieved by combining the merits of line-scanning confocal systems with digital holography imaging. This invention has applications in industrial inspection and biomedical imaging. 

Three-Dimensional Pseudo-Color Rendering of Phase Map  

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  • Co-Development
Patent Information:
Title App Type Country Serial No. Patent No. File Date Issued Date Expire Date
Systems and Methods for Performing Quantitative Phase-Contrast Confocal Microscopy Utility United States 14/751,791 10,082,653 6/26/2015 9/25/2018 2/10/2037