Image scanning microscopy (ISM) with a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array detector

Colin J. R. Sheppard; Mauro Buttafava; Marco Castello; Alberto Diaspro; Giorgio Tortarolo; Alberto Tosi; Giuseppe Vicidomini; Federica Villa

doi:10.1117/12.2309825

24 May 2018 Image scanning microscopy (ISM) with a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array detector

Colin J. R. Sheppard, Mauro Buttafava, Marco Castello, Alberto Diaspro, Giorgio Tortarolo, Alberto Tosi, Giuseppe Vicidomini, Federica Villa

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Proceedings Volume 10679, Optics, Photonics, and Digital Technologies for Imaging Applications V; 106790H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309825
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2018, Strasbourg, France

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If a scanning illumination spot is combined with a detector array, we acquire a 4 dimensional signal. Unlike confocal microscopy with a small pinhole, we detect all the light from the object, which is particularly important for fluorescence microscopy, when the signal is weak. The image signal is basically a cross-correlation, and is highly redundant. It has more than sufficient information to reconstruct an improved resolution image. A 2D image can be generated from the measured signal by pixel reassignment. The result is improved resolution and signal strength, the system being called image scanning microscopy. A variety of different signal processing techniques can be used to predict the reassignment and deconvolve the partial images. We use an innovative single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array detector of 25 detectors (arranged into a 5× 5 matrix). We can simultaneously acquire 25 partial images and process to calculate the final reconstruction online.

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Colin J. R. Sheppard, Mauro Buttafava, Marco Castello, Alberto Diaspro, Giorgio Tortarolo, Alberto Tosi, Giuseppe Vicidomini, and Federica Villa "Image scanning microscopy (ISM) with a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array detector", Proc. SPIE 10679, Optics, Photonics, and Digital Technologies for Imaging Applications V, 106790H (24 May 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309825

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