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ArticleOptics letters2019

Simple differential digital confocal aperture to improve axial response of line-scanning confocal microendoscopes.

Yubo Tang, Alex Kortum, Imran Vohra, Jennifer Carns, Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Rebecca Richards-Kortum

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Article in Optics letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yubo Tang
Alex Kortum
Imran Vohra
Jennifer Carns
Sharmila Anandasabapathy
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Rice University · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Optical Systems for In Vivo Molecular Imaging of CancerR01CA103830 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI RICHARDS-KORTUM, REBECCA R. · 2004 to 2015
$12.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA103830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Line-scanning confocal microendoscopy offers video-rate cellular imaging of scattering tissue with relatively simple hardware, but its axial response is inferior to that of point-scanning systems. Based on Fourier optics theory, we designed differential confocal apertures with a simple subtraction technique to improve the line-scanning sectioning performance. Taking advantage of digital slit apertures on a digital light projector and a CMOS rolling shutter, we demonstrate real-time optical sectioning performance comparable to point scanning in a dual-camera microendoscope (<$6,000). We validate the background rejection capability when imaging porcine columnar epithelium stained with fluorescent contrast agents with different uptake mechanisms and staining properties.

Identifiers

PMID31517920
PMCPMC6959477
OpenAlexW2972213916

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