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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Andrew Michael Maiden, Sheffield, GB;
Martin James Humphry, Sheffield, GB;
Andrew Michael Maiden, Sheffield, GB;
Martin James Humphry, Sheffield, GB;
PHASE FOCUS LIMITED, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, GB;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method () of providing image data for constructing an image of a region of a target object, comprising detecting, by at least one detector (), at least a portion of radiation scattered by a target object () with the incident radiation () or an aperture at a predetermined probe position, determining an offset vector () for reducing an error associated with the probe position (), estimating a wavefront () based on a probe function having the offset vector applied to the probe position, and providing image data responsive to the detected radiation.