Real-time digital signal processing in multiphoton and time-resolved microscopy

Jesse W. Wilson; Warren S. Warren; Martin C. Fischer

doi:10.1117/12.2218102

7 March 2016 Real-time digital signal processing in multiphoton and time-resolved microscopy

Jesse W. Wilson, Warren S. Warren, Martin C. Fischer

Proceedings Volume 9703, Optical Biopsy XIV: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis; 97030O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218102
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The use of multiphoton interactions in biological tissue for imaging contrast requires highly sensitive optical measurements. These often involve signal processing and filtering steps between the photodetector and the data acquisition device, such as photon counting and lock-in amplification. These steps can be implemented as real-time digital signal processing (DSP) elements on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices, an approach that affords much greater flexibility than commercial photon counting or lock-in devices. We will present progress toward developing two new FPGA-based DSP devices for multiphoton and time-resolved microscopy applications. The first is a high-speed multiharmonic lock-in amplifier for transient absorption microscopy, which is being developed for real-time analysis of the intensity-dependence of melanin, with applications in vivo and ex vivo (noninvasive histopathology of melanoma and pigmented lesions). The second device is a kHz lock-in amplifier running on a low cost ($50--$200) development platform. It is our hope that these FPGA-based DSP devices will enable new, high-speed, low-cost applications in multiphoton and time-resolved microscopy.

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Jesse W. Wilson, Warren S. Warren, and Martin C. Fischer "Real-time digital signal processing in multiphoton and time-resolved microscopy", Proc. SPIE 9703, Optical Biopsy XIV: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis, 97030O (7 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218102

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