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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Yongjin Sung, Boston, MA (US);
Niyom Lue, Nahant, MA (US);
Zahid Yaqoob, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ramachandra Dasari, Shererville, IN (US);
Peter T. C. So, Boston, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Refractive index of biological specimens is a source of intrinsic contrast that can be explored without any concerns of photobleaching or harmful effects caused by extra contrast agents. This feature also contains rich information that can be related to the metabolism of cells at the cellular and subcellular levels. The present invention relates to systems and methods that can provide, without any moving parts, the 3-D refractive index map of continuously flowing biological samples in a micro-fluidic channel, for example.