Method of obtaining optical sectioning by using structured light in a conventional microscope

15 December 1997

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters

Vol. 22 (24) , 1905-1907
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.001905

Abstract

We describe a simple method of obtaining optical sectioning in a conventional wide-field microscope by projecting a single-spatial-frequency grid pattern onto the object. Images taken at three spatial positions of the grid are processed in real time to produce optically sectioned images that are substantially similar to those obtained with confocal microscopes.

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