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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Dongkyun Kang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods, devices and systems for confocal microscopy of human tissues or other samples are described that can be manufactured at a low cost, and are small and portable. One apertureless confocal microscope includes a dispersion element that produces output beams having different spectral components for illumination of a target, such as a tissue. The confocal microscope also includes one or more lenses that receive reflected beams from the target and focus the reflected beams onto a linear variable filter. The linear variable filter is positioned to receive the focused light to allow a particular range of spectral components of light to pass through the linear variable filter that is a function of a spatial location of the focused light incident on the linear variable filter. The described confocal microscopes, among other features and benefits, can greatly facilitate disease diagnosis in medical applications.