Open AccessIntegral imaging microscopy with enhanced depth-of-field using a spatial multiplexing
Author(s) -
KiChul Kwon,
Munkh-Uchral Erdenebat,
Md. Ashraful Alam,
Young-Tae Lim,
Kwang Gi Kim,
Nam Kim
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.24.002072
Subject(s) - integral imaging , optics , depth of field , microscopy , lens (geology) , multiplexing , iterative reconstruction , image processing , materials science , computer science , computer vision , physics , image (mathematics) , telecommunications
A depth-of-field enhancement method for integral imaging microscopy system using a spatial multiplexing structure consisting of a beamsplitter with dual video channels and micro lens arrays is proposed. A computational integral imaging reconstruction algorithm generates two sets of depth-sliced images for the acquired depth information of the captured elemental image arrays and the well-focused depth-slices of both image sets are combined where each is focused on a different depth plane of the specimen. A prototype is implemented, and the experimental results demonstrate that the depth-of-field of the reconstructed images in the proposed integral imaging microscopy is significantly increased compared with conventional integral imaging microscopy systems.