Patent ID: 9046419
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G01J,G01N,G02B

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an image of a target, comprising: illuminating a target with light; maneuvering an optical unit having at least one diffractive element in front of said target through a plurality of positions; capturing, during said maneuvering, a plurality of spectrally encoded frames each from light in a plurality of different wavelengths, each one of said plurality of different wavelengths is scattered from a different segment of a plurality of parallel segments along a scanning track traversing at least part of an image plane of said target; and combining pixel values of said plurality of spectrally encoded frames imaging each one of said plurality of segments by at least two of said plurality of different wavelengths to form a composite multispectral image of at least a part of said target.