Integrated elastic microscope device

W. M. Lee, D. Wright, R. Watkins, Zi Cen

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    Abstract

    The growing power of imaging and computing power of smartphones is creating the possibility of converting your smartphone into a high power pocket microscopy system. High quality miniature microscopy lenses attached to smartphone are typically made with glass or plastics that can only be produce at low cost with high volume. To revise the paradigm of microscope lenses, we devised a simple droplet lens fabrication technique that which produces low cost and high performance lens. Each lens is integrated into thin 3-D printed holder with complimentary light emitted diode (LEDs) that clips onto majority of smartphones. The integrated device converts a smartphone into a high power optical microscope/dermatoscope at around $2. This low cost device has wide application in a multitude of practical uses such as material inspection, dermascope and educational microscope.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationOptical Diagnostics and Sensing XV
    Subtitle of host publicationToward Point-of-Care Diagnostics
    EditorsGerard L. Cote
    PublisherSPIE
    ISBN (Electronic)9781628414226
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    EventOptical Diagnostics and Sensing XV: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics - San Francisco, United States
    Duration: 9 Feb 201512 Feb 2015

    Publication series

    NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
    Volume9332
    ISSN (Print)1605-7422

    Conference

    ConferenceOptical Diagnostics and Sensing XV: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySan Francisco
    Period9/02/1512/02/15

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