Patent ID: 8987649
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61B,G01B,G02B,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of optical imaging, comprising: generating a two-dimensional spectral brush by directing a beam of light through a fiber collimator, beam expander and cylindrical lens to a first coarse disperser and a fine disperser onto a sample; modulating light beams from the two-dimensional spectral brush transmitted through the sample with a spatial light modulator; transmitting modulated light beams through a second coarse disperser and a second fine disperser to produce a modified beam; refining the modified beam for detection by passing it through a cylindrical lens, telescope, fiber collimator, optical amplifier, pulse picker, optical filter, pumped dispersive fiber and second amplifier to produce a transmitted spatial brush encoding spatial information of the sample to provide a transmitted spectral brush; decoding the transmitted spectral brush to provide an electric signal; and processing said electric signal to retrieve a two-dimensional image.