Patent ID: 9709483
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G01N,G02B

Claim:
1. A flow microscope for performing both reflective imaging and tomographic imaging of objects in fluid flows, the flow microscope comprising: a fluid conduit comprising a port on each end of a thin flat transparent fluid transport region, the thin flat transparent fluid transport region comprising two parallel flat sides; a first electrooptical surface in contact with one of the two parallel flat sides of the thin flat transparent fluid transport region; the first electrooptical surface receiving light fields transmitted from a second electrooptical surface through the thin flat transparent fluid transport region and responsively creating transmitted image signals, the second electrooptical surface comprising a first array of light-emitting elements, the second electrooptical surface in contact with the other of the two parallel flat sides of the thin flat transparent fluid transport region; wherein light from the first electrooptical surface travels into the thin flat transparent fluid transport region onto the second electrooptical surface, producing a resulting transmitted light field affected by the fluid and any objects in the fluid, wherein the resulting transmitted light field is presented to the first electrooptical surface, and wherein the first electrooptical surface creates transmission image signals responsive to the resulting transmitted light field.