Patent ID: 9498135
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N,G02B,G06T,G16H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An epifluorescence microscopy system, the system comprising: an optical excitation arrangement comprising an objective lens configured to direct light over an area encompassed within a field of view containing an imaging target; an imaging circuit including an optical sensor array configured to generate image data from fluorescence caused by an interaction between the directed light and the imaging target, wherein a distance between a surface of the objective lens and the optical sensor array is at most 1 inch to increase a resolution of the generated image data; a synchronization circuit in communication with the imaging circuit and configured to interface with an external optical-data processing system that provides visual feedback of the image data; and an optical arrangement configured to direct the fluorescence from the area through the objective lens and to the optical sensor array with sufficient intensity and focus for the image data to reach cellular level brain imaging with a working distance of at most about 250 μm.