Resolution enhancement for line scanning excitation microscopy systems and methods

US11106027B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services · US

Inventors

• Hari Shroff · Rockville, US
• Andrew York · Bethesda, US
• John Giannini · Bethesda, US
• Abhishek Kumar · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B27/58
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A resolution enhancement technique for a line scanning confocal microscopy system that generates vertical and horizontal line scanning patterns onto a sample is disclosed. The line scanning confocal microscopy system is capable of producing line scanning patterns through the use of two alternative pathways that generate either the vertical line scanning pattern or horizontal line scanning pattern.