Title :
Multi-Modal Microscope for Biomedical Research
Author :
Laevsky, Gary ; Warger, William C. ; Rajadhyaksha, Milind ; DiMarzio, Charles A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Subsurface Sensing & Imaging Syst., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA
Abstract :
Microscopists often use different instruments to exploit the different types of contrast available in complicated biological media. A new multi-modal microscope makes it possible to acquire the different images nearly simultaneously, without moving the specimen. Rather than simply observing different contrast mechanisms in a specimen which has been moved, the user can now obtain registered images in different modes for image fusion or data fusion. The first application area is imaging of embryo health
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; fluorescence; image fusion; image registration; laser applications in medicine; medical image processing; optical microscopy; two-photon processes; biomedical research; data fusion; differential interference contrast microscopy; embryo health; epifluorescence; image fusion; image registration; laser scanning confocal microscopy; multimodal microscope; optical quadrature microscopy; reflectance confocal microscopy; two-photon laser scanning microscopy; Biomedical imaging; Embryo; Fluorescence; Image fusion; Instruments; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical refraction; Reflectivity; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop, 2006. IEEE/NLM
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0277-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0278-6
DOI :
10.1109/LSSA.2006.250433
