Patent ID: 7146060

Claim:
A phase-distortion-correction imaging device comprising: an optical device, which intercepts combined waves formed of illumination waves and narrow-band waves, the combined waves passing through and/or reflected from and/or emitted from an object of interest or a second object near the object of interest, where the narrow-band waves are generated in a manner such that the initial emission characteristics of the narrow-band waves are known; a first imager, that measures the illumination waves directed and separated from the combined waves by said optical device, resulting in data that can be used to form an image; and a second imager, that measures the narrow-band waves directed and separated from the combined waves by said optical device, where said second imager determines an impulse response function of the narrow-band waves a processor, wherein said processor is operatively connected to said first and second imagers, determines the impulse response function of the narrow-band waves at the time of measurement of said second imager, said processor using the impulse response function to improve data received from said first imager which can be used to form an improved image.