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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Thai V. Truong, Pasadena, CA (US);
Sara Madaan, Valley Village, CA (US);
Daniel B. Holland, Pasadena, CA (US);
Scott E. Fraser, Glendale, CA (US);
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Volumetric imaging with selective volume illumination (SVI) using light field detection is provided using various systems and techniques. A volumetric imaging apparatus includes a light source configured to emit an illumination light that propagates via an illumination light path to illuminate a three-dimensional (3D) sample; and an optical system arranged with respect to the light source to receive a light field, which comes from the illuminated 3D sample. The light field propagates via a detection light path, and the light source, the optical system, or both; are configurable to perform SVI, which selects a volume of a 3D-confined illumination of the 3D sample based on the 3D sample to be illuminated and a light field detection (LFD) process to be applied. Further, the volume of the 3D-confined illumination is a selected 3D volume of the 3D sample to be particularly excited by the 3D-confined illumination for imaging.