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Granted Patent B2
US 11,906,722 · App. 18/056,432 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Electromagnetic wave determining device, flow cytometer, electromagnetic wave determining method, and electromagnetic wave determining program

Inventors: Ryoichi Horisaki (Osaka, JP); Jun Tanida (Osaka, JP); Sadao Ota (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY; The University of Tokyo
G02B21/14G01N15/1434G06F18/214
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Patent No.
US 11,906,722
App. No.
18/056,432
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromagnetic wave detecting device comprising: an emission unit configured to emit electromagnetic waves having coherence; an electromagnetic wave modulating unit configured to modulate one or both of a phase and an amplitude of the emitted electromagnetic waves and to change a state of the modulation relative to an imaging target; and a post-modulation electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit configured to detect an intensity of post-modulation electromagnetic waves, which are the modulated electromagnetic waves acquired by modulating the electromagnetic waves emitted from the emission unit using the imaging target and the electromagnetic wave modulating unit, using one pixel.

Claims (33)

1. A device for imaging an object comprising:

a flow path configured to permit an object to flow therethrough;

an emission unit configured to emit at least one electromagnetic wave having at least partial coherence, wherein the emission unit is configured to emit the at least one electromagnetic wave towards the flow path to cause at least one optical interaction between the at least one electromagnetic wave and the object;

an electromagnetic wave modulating unit configured to modulate one or both of a phase or an amplitude of the at least one electromagnetic wave following the at least one optical interaction to produce at least one modulated electromagnetic wave, wherein the electromagnetic wave modulating unit comprises a plurality of areas configured to modulate the at least one electromagnetic wave differently;

an electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit configured to detect at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave; and

a generation unit configured to generate at least a phase image or an amplitude image of the object based at least in part on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected by the electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic wave modulating unit comprises at least one modulation pattern.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern comprises a fixed modulation pattern or a random pattern.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a relative pattern area calculating unit configured to select a modulation area corresponding to the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected by the electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the generation unit is configured to generate the at least the phase image or the amplitude image by performing a sparsity-constrained operation on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave based on a sparsity of the object.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit comprises a single-pixel detector.

7. A method for imaging an object comprising:

(a) emitting at least one electromagnetic wave, having at least partial coherence, towards a flow path to cause at least one optical interaction between the at least one electromagnetic wave and the object;

(b) directing an electromagnetic wave modulating unit to modulate one or both of a phase or an amplitude of the at least one electromagnetic wave following the at least one optical interaction to produce at least one modulated electromagnetic wave, wherein the electromagnetic wave modulating unit comprises a plurality of areas configured to modulate the at least one electromagnetic wave differently;

(c) detecting at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave; and

(d) generating at least a phase image or an amplitude image of the object based at least in part on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected in (c).

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the electromagnetic wave modulating unit comprises at least one modulation pattern.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern comprises a fixed modulation pattern or a random pattern.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising selecting a modulation area corresponding to the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected in (c).

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein generating the at least the phase image or the amplitude image comprises performing a sparsity-constrained operation on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave based on a sparsity of the object.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern is selected based on the object.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave is detected using a single-pixel detector.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising machine-executable code that, upon execution by one or more computer processors, implements a method for imaging an object flowing through a flow path:

(a) emitting at least one electromagnetic wave, having at least partial coherence, towards a flow path to cause at least one optical interaction between the at least one electromagnetic wave and the object;

(b) directing an electromagnetic wave modulating unit to modulate one or both of a phase or an amplitude of the at least one electromagnetic wave following the at least one optical interaction to produce at least one modulated electromagnetic wave, wherein the electromagnetic wave modulating unit comprises a plurality of areas configured to modulate the at least one electromagnetic wave differently;

(c) detecting at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave; and

(d) generating at least a phase image or an amplitude image of the object based at least in part on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected in (c).

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the electromagnetic wave modulating unit comprises at least one modulation pattern.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern comprises a fixed modulation pattern or a random pattern.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises selecting a modulation area corresponding to the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected in (c).

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein generating the at least the phase image or the amplitude image comprises performing a sparsity-constrained operation on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave based on a sparsity of the object.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave is detected using a single-pixel detector.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern is selected based on the object.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2023
From: HORISAKI, RYOICHI; TANIDA, JUN
To: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 063077/0814 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2023
From: OTA, SADAO
To: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
Reel/Frame 063077/0957 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-028245 · Feb 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16542257 · Aug 15, 2019
Continuation PCTJP2018005237 · Feb 15, 2018
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