Portable Pixel Super-Resolution Microscope

We report a portable and low-cost microscope aimed at tackling global health problems. The microscope is based on partially coherent in-line holography along with multiframe pixel super-resolution algorithms to achieve micrometer-level resolution and a very large field-of-view (~24mm^2).

Malaria parasites in standard blood smears are imaged using this device to demonstrate the potential it holds for real world applications.

Reference:
"Holographic pixel super-resolution in portable lensless on-chip microscopy using a fiber-optic array", W. Bishara, U. Sikora, O. Mudanyali, T.W. Su, O. Yaglifere, S. Luckhart, and A. Ozcan, Lab on a Chip 11, 1276 (2011). doi:10.1039/C0LC00684J

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ucla
• telemedicine
• compact
• cost-effective
• portable
• Super
• resolution
• Pixel
• microscope
• optical
• imaging
• electrical
• engineering
• bioengineering
• Waheb
• Bishara
• Uzair
• Sikora
• Aydogan
• Ozcan
• Blood
• cell
• science
• research
• hologram